Individuality And Conformity In School

Most children in the United States these day would receive an education, mainly through public school. Public’s school ultimate goal is to help students achieve their personal goal and create good citizens that would help out society. But what if a student’s personal goad conflicts with being a good citizens? Public schools across the country are dealing with a difficult decision on whether to support conformity or individualism within the school. There are many issues that are related to the tension in schools between individuality and conformity, but the one issue that is the most significant is the structure of the school day. If there is any school across the nation that is still debating or have taken a position on whether to support individuality or conformity; becoming a full and proud supporter of conformity over individuality would be the best choice for the school and for the children’s futures.
Mankind relies on a system, so called society, to survive since the very …show more content…
Most children these day will not ask: Why do I have to “report to class on time?” Why do I have to “respect the teacher’s position as leader in the classroom?” Why do I have to “cooperate with the specific rules of the school?” Children these day do not and will not question the reason why they have follow these written rules that are posted in every classroom; they follow these rules because they were told to do so and because of punishment. This is a serious issue since children can’t distinguish whether those rules are just or unjust. Blindly following orders can lead to severer consequences, such as dictatorship and etc... But this can be addressed by teachers or parents educate or assist children on how to distinguish between just and unjust orders and raise awareness on the reasons behind the rules that school and society have put in place so that they would follow them