Herd Mentality

I still remember that day when I stood in class and faced the monster, challenging her and defying the herd mentality she was shoving down our throat. I argued " I have brain which god gave me as gift, so I can be different from other creatures. How dare you ask me to shut it down". She respond with a sharp tone " this is what we learned from those who have better brains than yours, and even if you don't understand it, you have to follow it, cause this what a good girl would do". So, what if I don't want to follow the rules?! what if I want to be different ?! does it mean I just want attention?
This argument came up when "our beloved teacher" was trying to explain what secularism mean. She define it as separation of religion from life, well believe it or not it's not what it mean but she was taken by the herd mentality and believed what she heard from someone else, terminated her brain and did not try to look for the truth. She was unwilling to hear what I'm about to say even before I said it, cause she knew it's not what she learned.
I told her " secularism is defined as separation of church and state and since church represents religion and state represents politics. Therefore, it's separation of politics and religion". Her eyes were wide open stunned by my boldness and first thing she asked " who told you that? who have been feeding you such thoughts?". I responded as if she just insulted me" you can find it in any dictionary. I did not make it up or someone feed it to me. I used my brain unlike what you did". So of course, I was kicked out of class send to the principle office.
The principle was an understanding lady, who sheared with me a lot of my opinions. She told me to tune it down and try to play a long so I can live in peace. The truth is, I never wanted to live in peace. In fact, I love the rush I get from debating mindless idiots who believe anyone with a beard.
Why can't I have my own thoughts about life and politics?!. Why do I have to follow those who call them self the leaders of Muslim nations?!. When will we stop listening to one side?! why can't we look at it from different angles?! Why do they hide it from us if they were right?! yep, I'm talking about censorship. If they were right why do they censor the liberal forums and websites.
BTW, censorship is one big violation of human rights and we don't talk about it enough. I will give it a separate post,
What I want you to answer is...
Have you ever been in a similar confrontation and what was it about?
Do you accept every information you receive easily or do you find yourself in constant questioning?