(H3) If you find
yourself out of step with most of your contemporaries, with regard to your most
basic values and attitudes, should you speak up or lay low?
This
discussion question this week really peaked my interest. I think if you are out
of step with most of your contemporaries you should
most definitely speak up. The most influential and prominent people
in our history had different views on basic values and attitudes. People who
invoked real change thought outside the box. In fact, people valued most in
today’s society are those who think in a completely different way than others,
who stand out, not blend into the crowd. They are free thinkers, the ones who
change our standard of living and our standards in general. It's not that all
those who have different values are the best type of people in the world. I
think we can all agree that Hitler had some very different values and attitudes
towards specific people and he is definitely not considered the best of humanity.
However, he was certainly influential and prominent. On the flip side, Martin
Luther King Jr. stood up for what he believed in, equality, and is considered
one of the most significant characters in America’s Civil Rights timeline. Just
because you stand out from a crowd does not mean you are wrong. Just because you
see the world in a different light than others does not mean you are dangerous,
or maybe it does. Maybe you are dangerous to those stuck in the past, stuck in
their own heads with no room for change and growth. There is this saying that
used to hang in one of my high school teacher’s classroom. "What's right
isn't always popular, and what's popular isn't always right." In any case,
speaking your mind helps solidify your own ideas and you might even change
someone else's mind, or at least give them a different perspective. A new
perspective is only harmful to those afraid of change.
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