What if we rewrote the American Dream?

I mean, the old one is in need of an update, so...

I run this experiment in a class I teach where I ask Zoomers (members of Gen Z) their definition of the American dream.

Their answers are illuminating. Few expect to own a house. Most have factored debt (and not just student debt) into their future, yet invariably, someone mentions a white picket fence. Last semester, one student joked the she planned to…