Personal Essay On Security

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Kirkland Sauer
April 2nd, 2014
Professor Honaker
English 1020

Essay #2: Security

Security is only a personal psychological feeling that we can only feel for ourselves. I believe it is an idealistic illusion we can only pursue. You may feel safe from threats because you live in a neighborhood with a low crime rate, safe drivers, a security system, but your neighbor could feel exactly the opposite. If it were an unsafe neighborhood, you could feel secure even though the crime rates are at an all time high, it's all a matter of personal feelings.
There is a type of mentality called “optimism bias”. This is the type of mentality where people think “that could never happen to me, car accidents only happen to other people”. The mentality in which people think they can do better than anyone else in the same situation. This means people will feel like they can do something that someone else did, even though the person before them failed or had their security breached.
Feelings of security come in all shapes and forms. From believing in the power of the police force or having a specia...

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