The Importance Of Self-Expression And Diversity

The closest definition to individual behavior is personality which is "the totality of an individual's behavioral and emotional characteristics. Personality embraces a person's moods, attitudes, opinions, motivations, and style of thinking, perceiving, speaking and acting. It is part of what makes each individual distinct" (Answers, 2007). Diversity within organizations can positively or negatively impact individual behavior. Diversity includes all the ways in which individuals differ including race, gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation and child/elder care responsibilities (Census bureau, 2007). Organizations can create opportunities to draw upon people with different

I share this view of society with Emerson: “Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The virtue of request is conformity. Self-Reliance is its aversion.”

In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay titled “Self-Reliance” he speaks on the topic of the individual, creating the idea that an individual being independent leads to greatness. Emerson’s writing within this memoir is relatable to young individuals who are looking for themselves, an individual must avoid conformity and false consistency while following their own thoughts making themselves an individual. Within the essay, Emerson uses a range of rhetorical devices to prove that every individual can do great by being an individual and not like everyone else, something that young people everywhere should hear while growing up with the heinous act of peer pressure.

During my time enrolled in Psy 3325: Stereotypes, Prejudice Discrimination, taught by Dr. Tay Hack, we explored several topics concerning social differences. Using the textbook ‘ Understanding the Psychology of Diversity’ second Edition, I gained a deeper understanding of how the mind groups individuals together both consciously and unconsciously thus influencing the way we treat a person. In this course we covered racism, classism, homosexism, weightism, ageism, and the stigmas that come with these titles.

“The multicultural training movement has indeed contributed to a greater and much needed understanding of the differences among various racial, ethnic, and cultural groups (Speight, Myers, Cox and Highlen, 1991).” In looking at this statement counselors will need to expand their thinking outside of the Western European contexts. There is a difference between Western culture and other cultures. Sue & Sue, 2012 states “ each cultural/racial group may have its own distinct interpretation of reality and offer a different perspective on the nature of people, the origin of disorders, standards for judging normality and abnormality, and therapeutic approaches. (p. 45).” As we are brought together with more cultures it is imperative to understand the differences, which will enable counselors to become culturally competent.

In Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay "Self-Reliance," he defends the personality traits that every creative human being possesses and a person's intellectual independence, which enables him to surpass the achievements of previous generations. Emerson explains how most of society is made up of conformists, people that simply conform to a past technique created by earlier innovators. Against being a conformist, Emerson chooses to support being a creator, or a person who has the courage to trust himself and disagree with society's beliefs. During earlier centuries, society was mostly grouped together in mobs, but Emerson challenges this trend and suggests individuality. Emerson's ideas of self-reliance connect

Emerson mentions, “Not for nothing one face, one character, one fact, makes much impression on him, and another none.” Emerson mentions the need to be your own person and not be a follower in society. You need to make decisions based on yourself not off what others will think or to fit in. To be who you are you will be different than most, but that is what will make you great.

On September 16th, 2010, my view of the world, the state of humanity and, my sense of security suddenly changed as my brother was murdered. When this tragedy occurred, I was in the first semester of my junior year at Xavier with a major in biology/premed and minor in chemistry. I was scheduled to graduate May of 2012 however; my anticipated graduation date came and went without me crossing the stage. I had lost hope that I would ever finally cross that stage and pursue my dreams; I felt completely stuck in place. However, since his passing not only have I graduated with my bachelor’s degree but my mother and I have started a memorial scholarship fund for people who may have gone through a similar tragedy and need help paying for school. Taking

In “Self-Reliance,” Ralph Waldo Emerson claims that "Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members." One can agree that society is against the individuality of many of its members because of superficial features and other factors, brought on by cultural misunderstandings and stereotypes.

A writer named Jacqueline Woodson once said that; “Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.” This means that diversity is all about differences, because no two people are exactly the same. This includes, races, ethnicities, gender, religions, beliefs, favorites, opinions, style, learning style and anything else that makes someone who they are as a person. This definition of diversity coincides almost identically with inclusive ideas in regards to disabilities. The question I have, however, is whether or not Inclusive Theories can be used when there are no children with disabilities present in the classroom. In an attempt to come up with an answer I interviewed a second grade teacher, Ms. Smith* at a Quaker school.

Romanticism began in the time following the age of reason. Instead of philosophers focusing on logic and reason, they were less rational and more intuitive. Within this ideal, the perceived message was everything you needed to know was captured within you and nature. After this philosophy was brought into practice, many people began to branch off of this ideal. One of these branches was transcendentalism.

[CE] There is beauty with everything that we do and why not technology as a reflection of our self representation. We take a picture of ourselves and post it on social media apps like Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to show an experience or current state we are in. We write blogs to express our thoughts and views online so others will see what we are thinking. This paper simply explains why and how individuals take advantage of their sources in this case, technology and shape themselves and create a name for themselves.

Everyone in this planet called Earth, has their own different ways of expressing feelings, different learning strategies, and different talents. In this piece of writing, Emerson explains how and why independence is what has created today’s society. Emerson explains these thoughts by using metaphors, common sense, similes and imagery.

The chapter explores how diversity affect individuals. Every day , people are face with diversity and they have to make decisions involving diversity . Some of the aspect that this chapter focus on:

In “Self-Reliance,” Emerson explicitly states that “whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist” (827). Emerson urges his readers to think for themselves, rejecting the presumptions and traditions of the previous generations, if they should see fit to do so. Acknowledging the dangers of dissent, Emerson admits that “for nonconformity the world whips you with displeasure” (829). Nevertheless, a man cannot be enlightened if he relies solely upon the thoughts and presumed knowledge of those around him; as Emerson put so eloquently, “insist on yourself; never imitate” (840). The endorsement of individuality can be found everywhere in today’s society, and it is one message that seems to have been embraced as a part of American culture itself. As Emerson realized, people tend to be happier when they feel comfortable expressing their own opinions without