Why Do Human Beings Push Their Luck?

Personally, I think that we as humans push our luck because we can. We know that there is a chance that we will get caught, but that just adds thrill to bending the rules. For example, if a person decided to break a rule, and they got away with it, then other people will think that they have a right to break the same rule, just because another person got away with it. But why do people break the rules to begin with? In my opinion, I think that some people break rules because they want attention. If you do something, like bend the rules, then people are going to notice you, they are going to give you the attention that you wanted. Some people may even copy you to get the same attention that you got. Another example of people “pushing their luck” could be with teenagers and their curfew. I have an older brother, and he stayed out until 12:00 am, even though he was only allowed to stay out until 11:00. I think that children and teenagers push their parent’s rules because they want to see how far they can go. If the thrill was taken away, if people just stopped caring what you did, would people still push their luck? I think that it really depends on the person. Maybe thrill is everything for some people. Maybe some people just don’t care if they get attention or the thrill. But for the most part, if there were no rules, if people didn’t care what you did, then people probably wouldn’t “push their luck”.

I chose this piece to post because it was one of the first assignment we had to do this year in ELA. It was the first time when we had to think "critically". It was strange at first to "question the answer" I wanted to show that people really do push their luck, and that people usually do it for the attention.