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STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT

''True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.'' - Brigham Young

I neither agree nor disagree. There are many ways to describe what ''doing what is right'' may be. Not all opinions may be reasonable. Everyone may believe what they wish to believe on what they think is the right thing to do. Since it is all opinion based, it is not valid to determination and finalization. To be independent and free can be achieved in many forms. I am not saying making absurd actions is tolerable, I am simply saying the ''right answer'' varies. There will never truly be a right answer since it will almost always be opinion based. Everyone is free to interpret and believe in what they think is right in order to achieve freedom and independence. That is the point of freedom, it is at everyone's own will and expense. There will never be true freedom and individual independence if everyone never ventures freely to have their own personal beliefs. If there is a controlling force, intimidation will never allow true freedom. 
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