By JOEL ADAME
(The following essay, written by South Middle School eighth grader Joel Adame, took first place in the annual Joplin Elks Lodge Essay Contest.)
Freedom is very important.
It symbolizes the fact that we have freedom of religion, press, and expression. The freedom of religion is very important to a lot of people because certain people believe in different things.
Not everyone feels the same when it comes to religion. So if we didn’t have freedom of religion then some people would have to go to a church and be told to believe something that they don’t want to.
The freedom of speech is one of the most important rights we have; if you were not allowed to say what you want it would cause a lot of problems because speech helps people express themselves. When they are mad, they say different things than they would say if they were happy.
So without the freedom of speech lots of people would be upset. The freedom of expression: I really don’t know much about this one, but I am sure that it is equally important to the other rights. Just the fact that we have freedom period is something great because not many countries in the world do. So we should consider ourselves lucky because it is something great that a lot of people take advantage of.
Lots of people in the U.S.A wouldn’t be here if we didn’t have freedom. I know that lots of people are here illegally, but there are a lot who are here legally and that’s what is important.
And that’s what freedom means to me.
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