This essay was written by Persephone Ready – Honorable Mention

What does America mean to me? America means a lot to me. I have lived in America my entire life. In my opinion, I love it here. It’s a great place, and has so many opportunities period to start, America gives a lot of opportunities such as starting a business, different career paths to take, availability of a good education, and the to build wealth with freedom. Most people have moved here to be free and have equal rights. America has so many interesting history, and many opportunities.

All the wars that we went through, and people that helped make America what it is today, is part of what makes it interesting period one part of what makes America interesting to me is how America dealt with segregation. Jackie Robinson helped break the racial barrier in baseball.

Another person, Rosa Parks helped break the color barrier. She refused to get off the bus and started a boycott of buses. There was another person that played a huge role in overcoming segregation, Martin Luther King junior. He made a life-changing speech to stop judging people on their skin and more off their personality.

Also, there are also schools, and I know other places have schools, but in America we have nice schools that give us many great paths to take. Sadly, not all people give that opportunity. I also have my house, and some countries don’t have good quality houses like people in America.

Some countries don’t have AC, heating, or good building houses. There is also a great amount of food for America. There is always something new to try and a lot of it. There are a lot of different kinds of snacks. To end, America is a great country. It has so many great things and options for people’s lives. It has many different paths to take while you grow up. There are so many different schools that give us great advantages to grow. It also has a lot of powerful tasks to take in school. However, not all opportunities are in school.

There are also a lot of fields you could take, a lot of colleges here that offer a great future, and so many different career paths you can take such as the medical field where you work as a doctor, nurse, Sergeant, vet, etcetera another opportunity Americans have is working for companies such as Amazon, UPS, Walmart, etc. I want an opportunity to work as a doctor in the future, and right now where I am and where I’m heading makes me feel like that is possible. If I were you and don’t live in America, I would move here as soon as possible America truly is a great country, and it means a lot to me because there are so many different people of many different cultures and that is what makes America up and that is why I love it.