Advantages Of Being An American

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Being American is like a dream for a lot of people. It is a privilege that not everyone has. America is one of the few countries that actually care about its people. America gives them so many opportunities for its people to succeed. Being an American is better than being from most places because it is better that almost all countries in the world. It is one of the countries that everyone looks up to. We have the ability to become whoever we like to be without anyone telling us something. Being an American is like a dream come true for many people that immigrate into this country. We have so many freedoms that other countries do not have like freedom of speech and of religion. In some countries you could get killed for talking bad about the

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