Conformity constricts creativity and therefore adhering to societies molds will leave people at the surface of their potential. Not digging deep within oneself renders a person a mere copy of everything they have absorbed. Being a copy hinders creativity; attempting to become an original while focusing on what others have created as “whats right for you” will never work out. An individuals idea has the power to trump societal expectations, if the individual has faith in themselves. To prove these ideas collective works of Steve Jobs, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Nancy Sommers will be utilized. Humans are often hindered by societies expectations to the point where reaching our creative potential is nearly impossible. Conforming to society does not prove anything about your character,
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To start off, he dropped out of college. Im modern society this seems like a premature death. Criticism from others is inevitable and Emerson describes this as “For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure” (Emerson). Dropouts are often labeled as people writing themselves off early. Without an education, finding a job and becoming successful is seemingly out of reach. For Jobs, this break out of societies expectations allowed him to focus on what he wanted to study. Allowed him to take classes on what interested him instead of classes the school forced him to take. In Jobs words “The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn 't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting” (Jobs). He dropped societies chains and figured out what he wanted to do. Doing this allowed him to find his passion—and work from there. Mac and Windows computers would not have been the same if Jobs didn’t go against the flow. Steve Jobs may not have had as much success if he had done what others told and expected him to
To start off, he dropped out of college. Im modern society this seems like a premature death. Criticism from others is inevitable and Emerson describes this as “For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure” (Emerson). Dropouts are often labeled as people writing themselves off early. Without an education, finding a job and becoming successful is seemingly out of reach. For Jobs, this break out of societies expectations allowed him to focus on what he wanted to study. Allowed him to take classes on what interested him instead of classes the school forced him to take. In Jobs words “The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn 't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting” (Jobs). He dropped societies chains and figured out what he wanted to do. Doing this allowed him to find his passion—and work from there. Mac and Windows computers would not have been the same if Jobs didn’t go against the flow. Steve Jobs may not have had as much success if he had done what others told and expected him to