Have you ever wondered what life at school would be like without “freedom?”
In myopinion I think it would be horrid. Think about it. If we had no freedom we
wouldn’t be able to do the things we love most, or choose what friends we hang
out with. The freedoms we have now we all take for granted. For example, do you
even know what your freedoms are? If you don’t, then you ought to hear me out so
you know in the future what they mean. First of all there are two very specific
freedoms that all students and teachers should know and understand. These two
freedoms are the very basis for our society.
1)FREEDOM OF SPEECH Freedom of speech is one of the most important freedoms
we have because if we didn’t have this one we wouldn’t be able to speak our
minds through speeches in public. This freedom allows us to speak in more ways
than one. It allows us to express ourselves through reading, writing, and
speaking. Although freedom of speech has its greatness in many ways, it also has
a downfall, in which it is abused. For example: Media today can twist this
freedom to invade your privacy, which is not a good thing if you’re Arnold
Shwartzenegger getting out of the shower, and someone takes a picture of you
naked and prints it in the local paper. But most of the time this sinerio
doesn’t occur because they’ve come up with laws like the “Privacy Act,” and so
on so this sort of mayhem doesn’t happen, but even though laws are made people
still break them.
2)FREEDOM OF RELIGION This freedom goes along with freedom of speech yet
stands alone in its own category. There are many ways to look at this freedom.
It has as many goods as it does bads. You just have to learn how to apply it to
you. First I’ll list the goods. The gains of this freedom allow you not only to
speak your own opinions, but allows you to take it a step further. Example: Lets
say you are a Christian, but go to a school where Christianity is looked down
upon. Now lets say you have some friends that also attend this school and want
to have a lunchtime bible study, but are afraid that the school may suspend you
or even worse. Well, it says in the constitution, the rules and regulations our
country is based upon, that students may have a bible study in and on school
premises as long as it is student led. Teachers may even attend, but cannot
participate in the function. This is where a lot can go wrong and things get
turned upside down. This is also where some of the bads come into play.
