What it is to be an American

            I asked a lot of people what it means to be an American to them and everyone had very different opinions on being American. Some good some bad and some simply didn’t want to answer. Some people talk about America like if it’s a magical place were everything and anything can happen. Others see America like if it’s ruining the rest of the world and I was told everyone hates Americans.
            I was told by one person that America is the land of opportunity. That person told me America can make anything happen and that’s why they are here. That’s why they chose to leave there home land to come to America. In America you can get jobs and more opportunities are given to them and there families. There are programs to help them and they can get a better education. She thinks America can help her escape the problems she was facing were she came from and start a new life.
             The other person I asked had a completely different point of view. I was told Americans are greedy and take everything for granted and would do anything to advance in life. They told me they act as if they own everything. For example animals, they are being reproduced like t-shirts. They are treated cruel and it’s unsanitary. Americans are causing global warming. They waste water and energy while the rest of the world suffers. For example they are overproducing cows and there waist isn’t disposed properly which leads to our water drains and oceans. America doesn’t want to enforce their immigration laws. American say they don’t want them here but they really don’t want them to stop coming. If they stopped coming that would mean they would no longer have cheap labor. No cheap labor means having to pay workers at least minimum wage and having to have a sanitary constructive environment. Having immigrants means having people work for nearly nothing and can work in poor health conditions and who can’t complain and work jobs no one else wants.
             I believe some American schools have a good education system but not all of them. I believe the education does help certain groups of people. I believe people do get help in America but I believe the wrong people get helped at least most of the time, and the people who do deserve the help are to embarrass to ask for it. The people that should be getting helped have to much pride to ask for it.
             Americans are 34% over weight we eat fast food and don’t exercise on a regular basis. If we simply ate better we would all have a good self esteem. We eat clone meat, that is so bad for us and some people don’t even know what they are eating. We don’t know what could happen but no one speaks up and says we want organic food. We want food that has not been genetically modified and don’t want to eat animals that have been injected with steroids and hormones. If we took simple but big steps we would live in a better America.