There are a lot of different ideas about free will floating around in our world. Some people think that everybody has a restricted form of free will. Others think we have complete free will, and some individuals believe we have no free will. In my opinion, we have restricted free will at first, and gradually we are granted complete free will. I also think that the amount of free will given to us correlates with the amount of education you have received. If you have a lot of free will, you most likely will have a lot of education.
Young children are uneducated, and are also controlled by their parents or teachers. They have very limited free will. Children are required to follow rules about what they do, what they say and how they behave at all times.
As kids transition into adolescents they are given more leeway to do what they like. At the same time they are becoming more educated. They are intellectually able to make decisions, think for themselves and behave as they choose. This is generally the high school stage. A lot is being learned and a lot more responsibility comes with that. Teens are able to make smart choices because they are learning so much. They are also becoming more and more inclined to fight back and rebel, so they become more inclined to think outside their old boundaries and say exactly what is on their mind. While the brain may not be mature enough to handle this yet, it can be viewed as a bad thing. If we view the increase of free will as a bad thing, we never have the chance to learn. Learning and education are not only granted through the school system; people learn through experiences also. They are both equally important and well thought out decisions can’t truly be made with out both of them. As you age, you still learn through life experiences, if you’re not learning through school.
As adolescents begin another transition into adulthood, they have more of what we refer to as complete free will. Their classes and teachers still keep their minds somewhat confined in college, but once they graduate that constraint is gone. Their minds are completely free to make decisions and think for themselves. They're also free to take action on those thoughts or ideas. These actions teach them, and they in turn make different decisions. These decisions, formed from an individual’s free will, and education go back and forth in one big vicious cycle.
We will always have more to learn, which keeps our free will on edge. You never know what boundaries an adolescent might push with their increase of free will, and you never know what decisions an adult with complete free will may make. People can surprise you, but remember that their actions stemmed from some type of education, whether it’s school or life experiences.
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