One time when my opinion really mattered was last year, which was my senior year of high school, during basketball season. I was one of the captains so in many ways my opinion mattered. Also, my coach would ask me questions about different things and valued my opinion and what I had to say. Also, in school my opinion mattered because sometimes certain teachers and even the principle would ask me things about the school or about classes to hear what I thought or what I had to say. Another time that my opinion mattered was when I was getting my first car. My dad came car shopping with me but ultimately it was up to me what car I wanted. My dad would help me look for a good, fairly cheap car but the decision was mostly mine since I would be paying for most of it.