Is Life a Game?

For a high school student i believe life is a game, and you have to follow by the rules because rules are actually given to you. but i also believe that when you get older you start to be able to make up your own rules. when you get older people stop telling you what to do. but, there still are rules of society, called laws, but in general behavior you decide how you want to act. another game- life analogy i like is that life is a game, and if you mess up you can't start over, but you can still win.