Great find, Nadine, especially in view of this morning's discussion! The old story, the "haves and have nots"....
But, that said, wonder just what "special something" influenced 3 centuries of immigrant Americans to work 2 and sometimes 3 jobs concurrently, raise and educate their families, and earn respected places in America's history. As America was settled by people from so many other countries of the world, what made these people succeed, and some not....
America offers so many more opportunities than it did when it was founded. Is it possible that so many have been taught that they don't need to work....they can just take what they want....and take it now?
The article you referenced referred to a particular youth (or groups of young people) who are so impatient to "join in and become somebody even it is to become a terrorist or "terrorist wantabe"....)
What is it that propels a person to become for instance...a Booker T Washington, Henry Ford, and so many others, versus a Charles Manson, or Sirhan Sirhan, (and unfortunately, etc)....
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A most useful resource from the INS on History, Genealogy and Education |
