In "Hiding from Reality" by Bob Herbert, he talks about how the American Dream is no longer possible due to economy, jobs, and many others. He states that the government doesn't over enough jobs and opportunities for all of those who are in need of jobs. As of right now according to Bob Herbert, we are nothing close to that happening. An example he gives is in New York City where the mayor hires Cathleen Black who has no experience in the public education, but she is going to make "public school" a better place by laying off thousands of public school teachers. That is in no way going to help educate kids into even trying to live the "American Dream".
I agree to Bob Herbert. He is right that the rich gets richer and the poor just gets poorer. As of right now, half of my family has been laid off from their previous jobs and are unable to find new ones right now. We all support each other and thats all we have as of right now, family. Living the American Dream is hard because we live in an economy that is going no where, maybe slowly but still no where. To live an "American Dream" we are to work hard, get educated and we are promised to be successful. But not today, we go to school and are not even promised to get the classes we need because there is a shortage of teachers or units. Its hard to live the American Dream.
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