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American Dream

The score which I got after completing the American dream quiz is sixty-seven. The score compares to other possible scores in the way that it highlights that I had enough opportunities of making progress, as well as I had to face some difficulties in life, in order to turn my life in the right direction. On the other hand, the people having a lower score than me had greater opportunities for making progress, as well as more of the factors, turned in their favor and instigated the process of their success. Moreover, the people having a greater score than me had to face more difficulties in life and it seemed like every other thing was against them and they and to work really hard in order to make their life better.

The things highlighted by the quiz about the odds of achieving the American Dream are that I had the opportunity of living life with a better and supportive family, as well as received good education, until the time I reached the college level. Although I had to face some difficulties due to my race and there were some inevitable circumstances happening in my neighborhood as well. However, I never let those things impact my passion and dream of making my own position in society. Family, education, health, and friends are some of the components which worked in my favor. On the other hand, the components, like race, gender, economy, and neighborhood created few hurdles in my way of progress and proved as greater challenges, instead of opportunities. I received a good education, and my health is also perfectly fine, which are attributed to the personal variables like family issues. On the other hand, I had to struggle a little bit due to my neighborhood and faced some discrimination which is due to the social-structural variables, like race, gender, and class.

The quiz about American dream has given equal importance to deferent aspects of the society. It has considered the impact of family and education on the life of individuals. It has also accounted for the fact that friends and health factors also contribute to the experiences of a person. Moreover, race, gender, class are important factors impacting the economic and social experiences of an individual in society. So the American dream quiz has not missed anything particular. The interaction between the individual and structural variables is an inevitable part of human life. In addition to it, the structural variables also play an important role in defining the experiences of the life of an individual.

Lack of the availability of equal opportunities in life is one of the biggest hurdles in making progress. So, the most important thing is to provide equal opportunities for making progress to all individuals in society. It is possible through increasing the minimum wage rate, as it would help the individuals to improve their economic status and with that, they would be able to make progress in other aspects of life as well. The other social policy on which the government needs to work is to eradicate racial and gender discrimination from society. Observing the society from far gives the notion that it is perfectly fine and there is no discrimination, however, in reality, a great number of individuals are being discriminated, which makes it difficult for them to make progress in this society (Dworkin, 2018).

I have selected these two policies in order to make the society better because the economic stability would provide great insurance to the individuals and they would become more hopeful of achieving their dreams, and it is also only possible when there is no racial or gender discrimination in the society.

Reference

Dworkin, R. (2018). Equality. In Political Philosophy in the Twenty-First Century (pp. 15-29). Routledge.