There is definitely a heavy sense of pressure on any human to be like the rest. Human kind seems to praise conformity and demonize the instinctual need to stick out. Kids are brought up in a system that wants them to be a certain way. Everyone has to take the same classes and get the same degrees, while other students who even think of other things can be admonished by their peers and parents. Ralph Waldo Emerson was justified and correct in writing, “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment”.
Conformity is first taught by parents. Sometimes, before children even reach school age, they are already being taught to conform. Kids are often told to listen to their parents, which
Conformity is first taught by parents. Sometimes, before children even reach school age, they are already being taught to conform. Kids are often told to listen to their parents, which