“Rebel children, I urge you, fight the turgid slick of conformity with which they seek to smother your glory.” –Russell Brand Today’s society remains a complex paradox within itself, growing more and more ambiguous as people desire to simultaneously fit in and stand out. Conforming to today’s society also provides confusion because although it is human nature, the idea of conformity has grown hazy due to new ideas, expectations and acceptance from the new generation. The primary root of it adapts from people’s interpretations of “what if” rather than “what do I want,” which is an issue because the most important characteristic of a person has become not what others what, but what we ourselves want. Lately, even I, a teenager desperate for acceptance, have wondered what conformism truly means in this rapidly changing world, and why so many people fall ill to it.
In today’s society, people probably will not get killed for being themselves, but they could be teased or bullied. Society today has so many rules to fit in, and most people are not willing to do those. Some of those rules are downright gross, or just really weird. Outside influences should not indicate who you are going to be, or change you. People should not fit others into a category, and those people should not be okay with it.
To start with, I believe one does not simply overcome a given fear. For me this is not something that you could put behind you and never look back. It’s rather a thing you have to learn to live with and regardless of. I am an odd person.
With these conditions, it is impossible to have the same experience as everyone else. Others might think that the experience of being an outsider is ubiquitous because everyone has, at one point or another, been
Without their own ambitions, individuals change and inherent different views of motivation expressed within their actions. Different purposes placed upon one will eventually change the way oneself judges things and will definitely silence his own thought in his actions. A purpose that is not of your own is a lie that will follow an individual to their grav. To know one self’s purpose then will the nature of motivation appeal to an individual and reinforce the judicious actions they take towards that very
Do you often feel like others don't understand you or misunderstand you? Do you wonder why others frequently respond negatively to you? Do you sometimes feel like others don't listen to you? Is this whole communication thing often frustrating? Communication is our bridge to others.
However, it does have a weakness. People take freedom the wrong way. Going back to my topic of selfish acts, it makes us do things that are not good. It makes people think that they can do what they want because they have freedom. Like I said before, it makes them do things like murder, steal, and have rebellious acts.
There are people in the world that fear knowledge, but what many don’t understand is that the lack of knowledge actually causes fear. Yes the people in the caves knowledge would be considered different from mine today in that what they experienced in their reality I would never understand, and they would not get to understand what I am experiencing. No one can experience another’s reality in the fact that we cannot see what another’s reality experience actually
Although one comportment or disorder might be regarded as norm in one culture, it could be regarded as abnormal in another culture, and thus making therapy less equal in altered populations. Counselors must take into justification every culture, otherwise they are unwitting and are under culture coercion. Unfortunately, individuals come with bias and pre-conceived concepts. These biases and pre-conceived concepts generally impinge on treatment and therapy, because when working with culturally diverse populaces heedless of their beliefs and values, the outcomes of therapy are ineffective. Those who are attentive in the study of multiculturalism have even defined counselors negatively in the sense of treatment by calling them impervious to the beliefs and values of their culturally distinctive clients.
Most of the time the phrase “check your privilege” is used negatively. When used in this way it often intimidates people, and they feel the need to defend themselves. We can always find a reason to justify hostility but at the end of the day it 's still just that: hostility. And hostile, overused quotes like "check your privilege" doesn’t educate people, they just alienate them and turn them on the defensive. As James Baldwin said, “It is true that two wrongs don 't make a right, as we love to point out to the people we have wronged.
Sometimes it is best to understand the law first before obeying it. When one thinks a law is unjust, they will go out of their way to go against it and do something about it. At a certain point, one doesn’t have to act accordingly to what they don’t believe in, but they can’t do whatever pleases them. There has been many controversies involving the act of non violence civil disobedience. Although most feel like breaking an unjust law might be the best solution to what they think is right, in reality, I agree to the fact that people are afraid to face the consequences that are given after their actions.
The way we think and behave are so complex that sometimes even ourselves question why. We act different when we are around different people. We hurt and bully other people, and we do stupid things. In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, shows us the natural complications of human beings, and the abilities of humankind. To begin with, why do we act different when we are around different people?
Conformity is defined as a change in behavior or belief as the result of real or imagined group pressure. People usually fall into conformity in times of trying to fit in with the crowd and seeking social acceptance from others. However, there are times when it is okay to not conform. If one does not agree with society’s standard for normal attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs and believe that the norm is wrong, then they may choose to not conform in order to stand out and fight for what they believe in. For example, if conforming goes against the individual’s religion, culture, personal interests and beliefs, or what an authority figure says, such as their parents or guardian, then they may resist the pressure to conform.