I Am Mandatory Essay

Imagine a world of anarchy. It’s hard to, right? It definitely should be. From the car that I drive, to the food that I eat, to the air that I breathe, government affects me in almost every way that I can imagine. It tells me where I can go, what I should wear, and even who I’m allowed to date. This government control, though occasionally littered with bad mistakes, is usually brightly positive, even in ways I don’t acknowledge. From my life as a student, to my life as a teenager, to even my life in general, government affects everything I do. As a seventeen year old living in the United States, I am required by law to attend school. Because of this, I wake up every day and go to Prattville High School. While at PHS, I am legally required, thanks to multiple Supreme Court cases, to wear a certain standard of clothes. These rules range from the perfectly sensible ‘no tube tops,’ to not being allowed to wear blue jeans with a tiny frayed hole above the knee. After the dress code situation is worked out, it’s time for me to learn. I go to my required classes and learn subjects that the government require me to learn, such as mathematics, even if I don’t want to. This is partly because the federal government wants me to, and provides my school with money, and partly because of my …show more content…
I couldn’t tell you the exact number of how many breaths I take in a day, but considering that I never stop, it is probably a very large number. This is probably why the government works hard to enforce laws that are aimed at keeping the air clean. By doing so, they protect me and everyone around me from the harmful impacts of pollution. The government protects me in various ways. This is just one of many ways the government protects me without my notice.
So, for better or worse, but mostly better, the government controls just about everything I do. From the blatantly obvious, to the hidden methods, it makes sure to have a say in my