High school marks the period in a person’s life where they strive to discover who they are as an individual and what they want to pursue later on in their careers. One main aspect of my high school years that has really defined who I am today is an organization called Business Professionals of America. BPA, for short, is an organization that assesses students in developing future skills and problem solving abilities by hosting competitions based off of real world scenarios. However, due to the organization’s co-curricular nature, in order to compete, it was required that a student would have to be enrolled in a career related course, which topics could range from business to health services and to even technology.
As if this requirement was not a constraint enough already, a new rule was imposed on the organization during my third year as a member. This regulation further restricted the types of …show more content…
As human beings, we are creative by nature. We gain knowledge about the world and ourselves each day through exploration and expression. With the absence or restriction of this kind of discovery, our purpose in life is meaningless. That is what freedom is all about – the ability to fulfill authentically creative goals by one’s own chosen method, even if that method does not seem to be the most effective. Human beings can never really grow individually if they are told what to do and how to do it. Just as John Stewart Mill notes in “On Liberty”, it is okay to make mistakes in order to learn and develop effectively. This definition of freedom can also be classified under the term of “positive freedom” as the freedom to do something and the ability to live in a society where individuals can each follow their own passion towards finding their place amongst everyone
As if this requirement was not a constraint enough already, a new rule was imposed on the organization during my third year as a member. This regulation further restricted the types of …show more content…
As human beings, we are creative by nature. We gain knowledge about the world and ourselves each day through exploration and expression. With the absence or restriction of this kind of discovery, our purpose in life is meaningless. That is what freedom is all about – the ability to fulfill authentically creative goals by one’s own chosen method, even if that method does not seem to be the most effective. Human beings can never really grow individually if they are told what to do and how to do it. Just as John Stewart Mill notes in “On Liberty”, it is okay to make mistakes in order to learn and develop effectively. This definition of freedom can also be classified under the term of “positive freedom” as the freedom to do something and the ability to live in a society where individuals can each follow their own passion towards finding their place amongst everyone