Conformism Vs Conformity

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“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” - Steve Jobs . I think that Steve Jobs made this quote because being an individual is better than people that are conformist. Non-conformist do their own things as individuals like Steve Jobs if he didn’t dropped out of school he would of probably have the same job as other people but as an individual he was able to accomplished to do many things as like making Apple as he followed his own way of doing things he has accomplished that goal but if he followed the example of people that are conformist we probably wouldn’t even …show more content…
But when someone is alone in the room they will just leave without thinking about it.

As in today’s society conformity shows to be one of the biggest problems in schools. As in today’s modern day we live in a world where you can see people that are under a lot of pressure. And a world where being an individual is not normal to other people. So people conform because they want to fit in as everybody else. Conformity can also be a life or death situation which as individuality you don’t have to worry about

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