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    Jaylin W.

    Counts
    Government – Mr. Downs
    September 2, 2010

    Observations of Social Consent

     As part of my chores around the house, I must keep my room clean. This includes
    picking up clothes, bed made, emptying my trash can and picking up loose items
    and trash on the floor. – Expressed Consent
     There many times when I must eat what is prepared for dinner vs. what I really want
    to eat. – Tacit Consent
     My grandparents bring me and pick me up from school every day. Sometimes I
    would like to walk to school. – Tacit Consent
     Buying things that I need vs. what I want. – Expressed Consent
     Shows that I am allowed to watch on TV vs. shows that I am not allowed to watch
    because they are inappropriate – Expressed Consent

    My Declaration of Independence
    The youth of today struggle to understand what they need vs. what they want. They
    purchase things because other kids have them and they want the same thing.
    However, parents think about what we need and don’t pay as much attention to what we
    really want. I always wanted a go-cart and my parents talked about how dangerous
    they were. I wanted a MAC but my grandparents believe in PC’s. My needs are usually
    taken care of (i.e. school supplies, clothes, toiletries, etc.).

    I believe there must be a blend of needs and wants. I feel I should have the freedom to
    choose what I want sometime as long as it does not harm me. However, parents don’t
    always agree. Martin Luther King Jr. believed in freedom of choice. He wanted blacks
    and whites to be able to attend the same schools, to eat at the same restaurants, ride
    the buses together. The freedom he speaks of should be applied to my belief of wants
    vs. needs. John Locke believed in the state of political equality in which there is no
    natural superior or inferior spirit. This can be applied to my desire for freedom to
    choose what’s good for me. Although I might make mistakes sometime, I will learn
    through making them.

    Therefore, I should have the right to buy the things I want sometime. The values I been
    raised by will cause me to choose needs as well as wants.

    _____________________________________________
    Jaylin Counts

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