Pursuit of the Happiness: American Dream

Will Smith portrays the life of Chris Gardner, a homeless person turned mogul in the Pursuit of the Happiness. This is one of the amazing movie i have ever watched. first time I watched with Turkish subtitle and they translate the name of the movie as: Never give up! i think they were right because in order to pursuit the happiness we should never give up! if you have not yet, just watch it !!

The End Of The American Dream - USA

The video shows the reality in economic conditions. by interviewing with different married couples in different states and give a chance them to tell their situation economically. how they suffer or cannot suffer from life expenses. most of them are seeking for other income such additional jobs. it is kind of upsetting video but it is good to watch and take our position for expenses!!

The American dream: Is it slipping away?

The article talks about the American dream and its effects on social system. it argues that what if people do not dream anymore. the most interesting point for me is that for the maintenance of society, the article requires the inequality in society in order to keep going in competition. An ABC News/Yahoo News poll revealed that today, only half of us think the American dream — which the pollsters defined as 'if you work hard you'll get ahead' — still holds true, while 43% said that it had once been true. here is the link for article: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/27/opinion/la-oe-rodriguez-dream-20100927

WORDLE WORK ABOUT AMERICAN DREAM

This is my new Wordle work on American Dream!!

Student Debt: Denying the American Dream

Over the past 20 years, federal investment in higher education has decreased significantly. The maximum Pell Grant award used to cover over 60% of the average tuition and fees. Today, the average award covers just 33% of those cost. Student loans, both federal and private, represent a much greater percentage of a student's financial aid package. In the past year alone, we have seen the largest cuts in the history of the student loan program, totaling $12.7 billion and the average Pell Grant award has decreased approximately $120.

National: Defining the American Dream

In the recession, the American Dream is alive. while in 2005 32& of population think that they achieve their American Dream, in 2009 it arose to 44&. the reason for that people have changed their definition on the American Dream. also, you can find a related article on this topic at: http://tinyurl.com/AmericanDreamNYT

How do you define the American Dream?

People on the Street comments about the American Dream for the documentary, The Class Project: Social Class in American Pop Culture.

American Dream has turned into American Nightmare!!

Waking up from the American Dream: Class conflict becomes the new norm A majority of Americans no longer believe in the inevitability of the American Dream. People on the streets of Washington give this idea strongly. again same question: American dream is a dream or nightmare?

Who stole the American Dream?

Official unemployment rates have jumped up to 9.8% while many experts argue the real number is closer to twenty percent, RT's Anastasia Churkina investigates to find out who stole the American Dream. American dreams idea is a dreams for Americans or visa verse?

What Is The American Dream?

Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss an article by pollster John Zogby on changing views on the American Dream. According to discussion, only %57 of American still believe in american dream. you can find the original article from:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12839437.

YES I Would Love Another Glass of Tea

This is an amazing video which present the Turkis tea.. what can do a glass of tea? it brings peace, health, smiling, respect, love so on.. even I as one of tea addicted turk, can not tell better than her. So please take a look and then ``Would You Love Another Glass of Tea? Note: it starts in Turkish for a 10 seconds, but presentation is in English with Turkish subtitle..

International Student Experience

this video is taken from Columbia Business School Orientation, January 2008. I remembered my first shopping experience in Houston last year. it was first time shopping at Wall mart. I took something, and waited at the line to pay. the cashier guy said: ``How u doin``. my first reaction was ``HA!!`` at the same time i thought that i did something wrong. i just said ``debit``.. because bank employer warned me to say everywhere that it is a debit card.. why i did not understand this? because I learned this as : How are you doing? ``slowly and clearly...she smiled and did her job.. I guess, she recognized that i am very new..

Record 46.2 Million Americans Now Live In Poverty

The share of all people in the U.S. who fell below the poverty line rose to 15.1% last year from 14.3% in 2009, pushing the ranks of the poor to 46.2 million in 2010 -- the fourth straight increase and the largest number of people living in poverty since record-keeping began 52 years ago

Mitt Romney: Middle Class

``Somebody who`s fallen from the middle class to poverty, in my opinion is still middle class`` Mitt Romney, republican presidential candidate, made this statement on a talk show. Politicians are trying not to alinate any potential voters...

Clinton`s speech about Affirmative Action

Wordle product

The Help

One of the best movie which tells how was the stratification in America. Found the answer for what it is ``seperate but equal``....

Damon Horowitz: Philosophy in prison

Is that possible to aware something wrong? What is wrong? According to who?

Mena Trott on blogs

Helen Fisher tells us why we love + cheat