Good Afternoon, I will be presenting today the meaning of freedom and as a teenager how I control

or manipulate my freedom. What really is the definition of freedom, it is the condition of being free
from restraints, but for me, freedom is more than that, freedom is having the right to be me and
express myself. With the freedom our veterans have fought for, we really get to be ourselves.
Freedom lets us talk how we want and explain about yourself to be how you want yourself. You can
protest for what you believe is right and even if it's wrong you are able to express it. You can have a
religion to follow what you believe in, not what you are forced to believe in. Not being afraid to say
what you believe, because nothing bad will happen to you. If you do, it’s not a secret, is another great
freedom we have. I also get to write how I want and about what I want to write about. The freedom
of press. I can write fun or serious stories however I want to. Then I can share them and don't have to
hide them like in some other countries. Another great freedom here is getting to go to school. In other
countries, kids don't get to go to school, let alone girls. I learn a lot at school and it’s where I become
myself the most. Without this freedom we would all be more alike, and not be able to be ourselves.
Every morning I wake up, not having fears of whether or not I’ll live that day. I’m confident to act as
my normal self. I have no fear of this because our future, present, and past men and women have
fought to keep us safe. Not in the middle of wars and not worried for our lives. Allowing us to
confidently live our day. It is all of these things that make us who we are, and with the freedom we
have fought for, we really can be ourselves. So freedom might just be a word in the dictionary, but to
me, freedom is getting to be one-hundred percent me. Have you ever thought what does the word
“freedom” mean? I think it is quite an abstract thing which is different for each individual. For
example, for me, freedom means doing something that I want if it doesn’t harm other people.
However, it cannot be described in simple words, because the word itself contains numerous deeper
meanings. It depends on the individual understanding of freedom, and each of us understands it in
different ways. Someone thinks that the freedom is connected with the right to say anything the
person wants without a fear of being punished or restricted of doing so. Others think that freedom is
connected in walking anywhere they want. Some people think that freedom is your right to choose
the government. But no one can say, what is the freedom itself? And in my essay, I have decided to
drive deeply into the issue of freedom definition and share my thoughts what does freedom actually
means. I agree that freedom is the right to speak and do everything you want, but only when it
doesn’t limit others rights and freedoms. Numerous countries don’t have freedom for their citizens.
People are not allowed to criticize their government and cannot freely express their opinion on
public. And when they are trying to say something different from the opinion of their government
they are being punished. There, people can be fined or imprisoned because of their will to have
freedom. When I hear the word freedom from others, I am thinking about the freedom of choice. This
meaning of freedom is easy to understand. People usually connect it with the elections. When there
are several politic parties to choose from the person experiences freedom when choosing the one he
or she believes in most. Of course, there are countries where politics is connected with the criminal
world, and their people don’t have freedom of choice because of corruption, and their choice was
paid for by someone else. But there are people who in these countries fight for liberty and sometimes
they are changing everything. Like it was in Georgia and then in Ukraine, because their people
understood what freedom is and that the choices they made before were not right. Freedom can also
be connected with the right of opening your own business and gain the financial independence. You
can produce goods and services and work on your own. But in corrupted countries, I think it is
impossible to open your own business without criminal support. That is because the economy of such
countries is not healthy and competition is not connected with marketing and advertising activities,
but in real money, which you are ready to pay corrupted law enforcement officers and criminals to
start your business and then maintain it. And countries, where freedom is respected, provide equal
opportunities for all. In this particular case, freedom is joined with financial wellness. There are also
cases when freedom means the right to say “no”. If you don’t agree with the government decision,
community decision or another person decision you can say “no”. You don’t need to follow these
decisions and you will never be punished for that. But this works only in cases when your ideas and
actions do not violate the law and won’t cause harm to the people around you. So what does freedom
mean to me? At my opinion freedom can be connected with not following standard our society has.
Freedom is something beyond stereotypes and templates and real personal freedom is a strong
opportunity to express yourself in any possible way. Tattoos, piercing, hair style or clothes, we are
free to wear or do anything with our body, and this is our freedom of expression. People why are
thinking beyond stereotypes understand and respect that freedom. Freedom is a way of thinking and
understanding world around us, and each person understands it in his or her own way, and of course
all of us has an own understanding of it. And each of us in some cases needs to fight for this freedom.
I am also thinking that freedom is actions of individuals who don’t need to ask themselves “why?”
and just do things they love to do. Freedom is the absence of borders; you can feel freedom in your
mind and freedom around you. Imagine that you are at the mountain peak and the world is a small
point at the bottom. Do you feel freedom surrounding you? I can bear that you are! That is the real
freedom which has a smell of wind and mountains, the skies in front of you. Birds are free to fly
anywhere, and I can say for sure that you can also choose your own route. So freedom can be
connected with anything, either actions or thoughts and each person free to express his or her
freedom if it doesn’t limit or violates the rights of others. Freedom is around us, and our
understanding of this word is different but always closely connected with people around us. Freedom
to choose, freedom to do, understand, think, get or any other verb we can insert after the word
freedom. It is great to have freedom and a lot of people.

Good Afternoon, I will be presenting today the meaning of freedom and as a teenager how I control
or manipulate my freedom. What really is the definition of freedom, it is the condition of being free
from restraints or just a way that people used to manipulate other people from their mistakes? But
for me, freedom is more than that, freedom is having the right to be me and express myself. With the
freedom our veterans have fought for, we really get to be ourselves. Freedom lets us talk how we
want and explain about yourself to be how you want yourself. You can protest for what you believe
is right and even if it's wrong you are able to express it. You can have a religion to follow what you
believe in, not what you are forced to believe in. Not being afraid to say what you believe, because
nothing bad will happen to you. If you do, it’s not a secret, is another great freedom we have. I also
get to write how I want and what I want to write about. I can write fun or serious stories however I
want to. Then I can share them and don't have to hide them like in some other country. Another great
freedom here is getting to go to school. In other countries, kids are not able to go to school. I learn a
lot at school and it’s where I become myself the most, did you know a young girl named Malala
yousafzai who defied the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded that girls should be allowed to receive
an education. Without this freedom we would all be more alike, and not be able to be ourselves. I’m
confident to act as my normal self. I have no fear of this because our future, present, and past have
fought to keep us safe. Not in the middle of wars and not worried for our lives. Allowing us to
confidently live our day. It is all of these things that make us who we are, and with the freedom we
have fought for, we really can be ourselves. So freedom might just be a word in the dictionary, but to
me, freedom is getting to be one-hundred percent me. As a teenager I value my freedom like as if as
if it was my life that I need to value the most. Freedom never worth giving up. I used this freedom in
a way that I will not going to hurt no one. At the end of the day men and women who sacrifice their
lives to set us free and give the freedom that we want, will be happy to see that we are using this
freedom not to violate any law but to be more of ourselves and be happy in a way that we didn’t hurt
anyone.