Conformity

My mother always told me that I needed to make the right decisions. She informed me that some would be extremely difficult while others would be clear as day, but what does that really mean? In the overall scheme of life, do we really have the option to make our own choices? Sure, I can decide if I want to attend English class on Friday or where I live, but will that make a difference in the big picture? Humans like to believe that we have choices, but in reality we all follow a certain pattern: complete high school, graduate from college, find a job, buy a house, have a family, and eventually die. This is the template that everyone strives to complete. The minute decisions and choices that we make really don’t affect the pattern of conformity. Certainly there are exceptions to this guide of life. These people are the ones that drop out of high school, flunk out of college, and other deviations from this perfect pattern. Society labels these people as “losers” and “failures.” A simple slip in the ways of our society gives them foul reputations. A relative of mine dropped out of school after his sophomore year in high school and now is worth millions. Once again this is a rare exception from our planned out life, but no one looks down upon him because of one thing, money. Our lives revolve around it. People strive for money, not for love or an amazing job. Conformity rules our lives because we hope that it will lead us to our biggest desire, wealth.