Freedom. A word meaning different things to different people. A six letter word that could mean more than just its’ dictionary definition: “the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants” (Google Search). This is a very broad explanation of this very complex word. We are left without knowing when we are experiencing freedom. To one it may mean something very specific, while to another it may mean the opposite. To me freedom is something very particular, and while this may be thought of as completely wrong by others, it does not matter. Being locked away, imprisoned, or held in one place, are all examples of being limited, or not free. Then freedom, which would be the opposite, is to travel, adventure, and experience the world. I have …show more content…
When one can not escape or get away they are not free. Escaping is the key element to experiencing freedom, without escape you can not travel or adventure. When someone is unable to encounter freedom they are imprisoned or incapable of leaving a certain area. One major example of when I do not feel free is when I am at school. I am forced to go to school five days a week from 7:00 to 2:15. This is not an option, it is required whether you want to go or not. My lack of freedom starts on Monday morning at 5:45 when my alarm screams at me to wake up. After having got to bed late the night before due to massive amounts of homework, I am extremely tired. The absence of freedom slowly increases as I am rushed through getting dressed and eating breakfast so fast that I do not even know what the food I am eating tastes like. When I arrive at school a depressing vibe is given off just by the sight of the prison looking school. When I step through the double doors of the prison I am overpowered by feelings of stress, worry, anger and no freedom. I walk down the tasteless halls reminding myself how I am unwilling here. Throughout the four 90 minute classes I am thrown pop quizzes, more homework, notes, and exams. By the end of the day I am overloaded with exhaustion, to only then have to hurry home and do more work. Although I am more free when I exit the school, I am not completely free. At home I work for endless hours on of homework and chores. Left with only less than an hour in the day and within that short period of time I have to get prepared for the next day. Then the cycle starts all over again the next day, this deadly pattern continues for half a year. I am not free for half a year. 180 days. This days seem to be the worst of my entire