The right to think- First post

Like many other people before me have said, I had never thought about the right to think before this play. I think most people take that right for granted here in the USA. You never think about it even though it’s such an important part of our everyday lives. People all over the world are not as lucky as we are, because we not only have the right to think, but also the right to state our opinion. The right mostly makes me think about what we wouldn’t have without it.
Personally, I can’t imagine a day were I couldn’t speak my mind or formulate my own opinions. I think most of us couldn’t. Can you think about that? The simple act of choosing what show you like could be taken away from you. That’s just an example of something small and seemingly unimportant, but if you take that to a bigger level it changes your life. Every once in a while everyone needs a good argument just to let off steam or release your frustrations. Without the right to think, you couldn’t do that. It amazes me because when I think about examples of what you wouldn’t be able to do, everything in your daily life comes into play. From when you get out of bed to when you lie down to go to sleep.
From the moment you are born, you start making decisions. No two people are the same and so their lives are not the same. You become who you are from how you handle big life decisions. If you couldn’t make the choice by yourself wouldn’t we all end up alike and almost the same? Maybe our experiences are different but when we are all told to respond the same way, our opinions of the things we face become similar.
The book, to me, had a lot to do with choices. You should have the choice of what you want to believe and what you want to think. You need to be taught both options not just one. If only one idea is taught to you, then what other choice do you have but to believe it? Especially for younger children. They are most likely not going to start researching and find other ideas. They believe what they are told. In the book, the children are not given their right to think when they are only taught creationism. When they are also taught evolution, they can decide. Deciding is the key to the right to think. You decide what you want, when you want it and how you want. No one can make you pick.
The play really did inform me of a right I never knew we had. It makes me feel lucky and grateful for growing up with choices. Ones I didn’t know I had until now.
-Madison Kneller