America the Beautiful

America is the land of opportunity. Lately it seems like it's the land of the choice between McDonald's or sitting at a desk, working nine to five for decent health insurance and enough money to provide basic necessities for growing families. When did society decide that money, fame, big houses, fancy cars, and perfect clothes was the base of humanity? You can't change the channel on t.v without seeing something telling you that you will not be happy or have a good life till you buy something or go somewhere. I now know what Miley Cyrus got for her sixteenth birthday (a little, white puppy named Sophie) and all about the Chris Brown and Rihanna argument. I could have gone my whole life without knowing that. America used to be based on free will, happiness, new opportunities, unity, and hard work. That's how our Founding Father's established it. Now it completely revolves around money. You can't get anywhere in this country without money. I wrote a whole paper on this in my U.S. History class. The more i researched and wrote, the more I realized what a turn our country has made. Maybe this economy will correct itself, maybe it won't. Who really knows? Until then, all we can do is hope to learn enough and find a way to do our part to help our country. Maybe this is too advanced for me to talk about or people don't want to hear about the "old ways", but I think people need to realize the kind of problems we're doomed for. America was founded for the people, by the people. Let's try and keep it alive for those who created it for us.