Life From the Perspective of an American High School Student

Kylie Kalinowski, Dominic Smith, Samuel Witzke, and Alyssa John

Life From the Perspective of an American High School Student

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For America as a whole, it is very beneficial for us students to be able to experience diversity in our country and in our everyday lives, as we can be able to become a more respectful generation of individuals towards others. However, when it comes to clothing and expression, America usually has the same type of clothing around generations, usually there is a typical dress style that fits the general population. Generally, high school aged students (between 12-17 years old approximately) will dress either relaxed, wearing denim jeans and a hoodie or comfortable tee shirt, some people dress so comfortably, that some people even wear sweat pants or pajamas to their classes! 

Also, to add on to the diversity, geographically, America has many different types of environments. People live anywhere from deserts in Texas to big Forests in Michigan. From high mountain ranges in Colorado to flat sandy beaches in Florida. From even desolate areas of snowy Alaska to the high buildings in New York City. In some states, farmland can reach all over! 

Think...

From perspective of Clarkston, Michigan high school students, we would say that looking back on what we saw, we are very lucky to be living in the privileged, free, richly resourced country that we do today. However, we will go so far as to say that poverty in our country is hard to see at times because good clothing is very accessible. Poverty is definitely becoming less of a problem in America, compared to our country's past, however is still a prevalent problem in our society. 

Wonder...

• What would our country be like without as much cultural diversity?
• What would our society look like without as much technology in our day to day lives?
• How would our country look without our laws of freedom of expression?
• How many people in America actually live in poverty?
• If our country is one of the richest countries in the world, why do we have so much poverty?
• What would happen if our freedoms were taken away from us?
• What would our country be like if we did not have as much geographical diversity?
• How would Americans react to other societies if we were more exposed to them? 
• What do other people in other countries think of America and Americans?