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Everyone has some sort of expectations, including society. Adults, the media, and teachers expect children to do practically the same thing. They think kids should go to school, then college, get a job, buy a house, start a family, and die. I don’t like that idea. I completely understand the cycle of events that society tries to brain wash us into, but I think that it is only for some people. I think the schooling (k-12) is necessary. I also think that if someone doesn’t have a plan or has a 2.0 GPA or above, then they should attend some school after they graduate high school. (the schooling could be college, technical school, an art institute, etc.) Everyone, after they are done with school or even while they’re in school, should get/have a job. (Unless they’re physically or mentally unable to have one.) I view having a job as a civic duty/responsibility. What do you do if you don’t have one? Live off other people? I think that if you do that then you’re useless. When it comes to housing, there are many different kinds of options. Some are better for specific people than others. No one should be talked into or forced to purchase a house. It is a very big responsibility and some people shouldn’t be given or forced into responsibilities that they cannot carry out. For a lot of people, children are their life. I’m not saying that there’s anything wrong with that, I just don’t think that kids are for everyone. Some people look forward to having kids their whole life, some pray they don’t have them, some never planned on having children but do and are extremely glad that they did. Some people, like me, think that they shouldn’t bring more kids into the world when there are so many that are born everyday when there are kids homeless, starving, illiterate, being sold, being abused, put into foster homes, parentless, or being put under extreme stress and pressure from society. I believe that people in general should be free to live their lives without expectations, limits, standards, etc. They teach us that we should follow are dreams, but at the same time the “American-dream” is being forced down our throats. Everyone has the right to be happy, be who they want to be, and do what they want to do. If someone wants to go work at a chain store or restaurant when they graduate and do nothing further, than they should have that right; without being told that, that’s not good enough, they didn’t succeed, they didn’t make “it”, or that they failed. Who are we to judge others and tell them how to live their lives?