Title
Document Type
Citizenship and Service Essay
Publication Date
2003
Excerpt
What is success? The society I live in holds to the belief that having gobs of money equals being successful. We value material possessions more so than anything else in our lives and equate having money with having a meaningful life. Someone who is poor in our society, for example, is stereotyped as being a failure. Wealthy business executives who cruise down our highways in $100,000 cars, own numerous sports franchises, and relax on their yachts over Christmas are considered the most successful people in our country today; they have money and expansive possessions that serve as quantitative, tangible evidence that they have something to show for their work in life. But what have these "successful" people really accomplished?
Recommended Citation
Oxton, Chelsea, "Success? (2003)" (2003). The Valpo Core Reader. 81.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/81