Meaning of "Freedom" 8/30

What does freedom mean to me? To me freedom means a person has the right to express themselves how they want to. To have the ability to go after a dream or goal. To be free is to be able to speak up in class if you disagree with something or to express your opinion if you chose to. One event that I thought showed freedom, was in 7th grade, my grade started a protest in front of our school and all the other grades (8-12) followed us and protested as well. Atleast the oens that beleived in the same goal as us. We protested because we felt a teacher was getting thrown undewr a bus and we all fought for him. The great thing about this was that we could do something like protest and fight for something we beleived in. So freedom to me is to be able to go after something or do something that your passionate about and not be severly punished for doing so.