What is an American.

An american is many types of things it all depends on how you think. To some people an american is someone who lives in America. To other people an American is someone who is legal in the states. Well to me it means many things to be an American. Being American is a privilege for me. I have many reasons why I think that to be an America it is a privilege .For example not all places are as good as the United States. In some of the other countries there might not be laws if there are laws  people of authority don't follow them. I have heard stories that people of authority for example policemen beat people. I personally don't think that is right and that is also very unfair. People should not be treated like this unless that person has done something wrong and if they did do wrong they will be punished by the state not by being beaten. Another reason why I think that being an American is a privilege is another country's people are not as safe as they are here in the States. I have heard that people have gotten killed because they were at the wrong place at the wrong time. Also people have gotten killed because they have  had to do things that involve the wrong people because they needed to help feed or help support their families. Finally the last reason why I think that being in this country is a privilege is because not in all countries they have many good opportunities. For kids don't go to school because they don't have any schools. In some countries the kids don't even get past the 6th grade because they need to go to work to help their families. If if the kids to go to school I bet that they don't even have good books or they don't even have desk like we do here in our schools. The the kids here in the States don't see that they have it good here. They don't have to work at a young age. They also don't see the kids don't even have school supplies to work with in some places. In conclusion I'm not saying that the United States is best place on earth it does have bad people bad things do  happen here in this country. It is better than other places though. So this is why I think that being an American is a privilege and I am grateful for that.