Never asked, only told

I was never asked what I wanted to do, only told to do as others were doing, and punished otherwise. Conformity. The humans mind is amazing, look at all mankind has accomplished, yet somewhere along the line we decided to mold into conformity as a society. We weren't done creating or inspiring. Globally... Disease wasn't solved, food distribution never fixed, shelter for all solved....Let alone the last basic of all, clean water supplies... Why would society force us to conform when we weren't done creating.. is it just American culture? Maybe my own ignorance is getting ahead of my logical mind.. I just know that in my heart,... This is wrong.