My dad moved from Mexico to the US the summer before he started 1st grade. His family came to the US for a better environment and the American Dream. After telling me his story, my dad told me that he does believe in the American Dream, because to him he achieved it. To him, the American Dream was going to college, career, marriage, house, and children.
When he first moved to the US, he didn't know any english, so he taught himself as much as he could had went to an english speaking public school. He told me it was hard because he was the student in class who didn't understand everything, he was the one with the darkest skin, and he had a thick accent. He was left alone for the most part but did have trouble with school at first. As time progressed he learned english and became top of his class with an IQ of 140, even though those first years of hardship. My dad met my mom before he graduated high school. He married her his junior year at USC. Right after graduation USC he got a well paying job and he had his first child, my brother, by the age of 28.
Coming from nothing and ending up with a career and a family is why my dad believes in the American Dream.
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