Thursday, December 19, 2013

an American Dream (MySpace 1/10/2008)

an American Dream
Subject an American Dream
DateCreated 1/10/2008 12:13:00 AM
PostedDate 1/10/2008 9:20:00 PM
Body a curious recalled moment from near the end of the Cold War, before the advent of the Internet ...

Picture a momentous intercontinental live video Q&A session between high school students in the USA and the USSR.  Their parents supposedly are ideological enemies.  What would the teenagers want to - or be allowed to say to each other?

Here is the first question, from a Russian girl, stated in halting English, before an international audience:

"It is well-known that every American has what is called an American Dream. What is your American Dream?" .....

Up to that point, I'd assumed that American Dream was just a figure-of-speech. 

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