Shannon Kehoe American Dream/Success Experiment

Shannon Kehoe 

11/22/16

P.8

     The activity that we did today in class was a prime example as to how somebody really does achieve success and the underlying message in the game plays a great part in how to achieve success in real life. Mr group and I acheieved success today because we won the game and we worked very hard together because we were told that if we won we would get rewarded with bagels and that is like  if you work hard in the real world your reward would be that you are wealthy and therefore succesful. Being successful in reality is just like an input and output machine, because if someone puts in hard work and energy the output is usually wealth and success. The factors that helped my group and I succeed today were that before we made any decisions we made sure that all of our group members agreed with what we were doing. The things that held us back today were that we weren't given everything that we needed in order to achieve success which is just like reality because in real life you aren't given everything and in order to achieve success you need to work hard for what you want. Our experiment reveals key aspects in how to achieve the true American Dream and success. These key aspects are that in order to get anywhere in life and achieve ultimate success you need to work hard and be smart as to how and what you do with the things that you are given, because life can be very brutal sometimes and all those thing that you worked for can be taken away in an instant. But that is what life is and we just need to take the cards we are dealt and play them as good as we can. The American Dream in my opinion can be whatever you consider it to be. If you consider the American Dream to be sitting on your couch and watching netflix and paying your rent every month on time and you consider that to be successful then that's what it is for you. The view on success is different with every person because some people have different opinions on what is successful and what is not and that is completely okay because if we agreed on what everyone was saying, life would be boring and we would not get the full expeience of life. We are only on this Earth for a short amount of time so we need to make the most of it while we are here and we just need to roll with the punches that life throws at us.