What other classes have you had in which individualism was discussed? How was it talked about? Is it seen largely as a good thing or a bad thing? If you haven’t encountered it in other classes, react to what you read in the chapter.
I have talked about individualism in Sociology and in Human Studies and Globalization. It was talked about from a more observant and analytical point of view. It was like: "this happened... okay let's continue on with the lesson!" In sociology, we went more in depth about it and how it affects our everyday lives, and how individualism is seen as both a blessing and a curse. On one end, you're different and you can meet with other like-minded people who share your interests and goals. On the other end, you could be ostracized or seen as strange by your peers. In Globalization, it wasn't necessarily taught as a good or a bad thing, but I think we talked about it in correlation to races and cultures.
Individualism has been discussed in my Focused Inquiry class in terms of the education system. We discussed Freire's theories on banking vs problem posing models of education. This relates to individualism because of how every student is an individual with different learning needs and strengths and weaknesses. Because of this, the traditional method of teaching doesn't allow the students to learn to their full potential and to think critically using their prior knowledge. In this case, individualism is a good thing because it brings new and unique ideas into the classroom.
Jaeline Perez: In my government class we talked about individual freedoms. We talked about how the U.S shows their individualism through religion and voting. We also talked about the different religions they are in the U.S even though the majority are catholic or Christian. Even though there is separation of church and state, the pledge of allegiance still mentions god, which isn't very individualistic to me. Compared to other countries the U.S has more individual freedoms and less censorship, unlike Russia or North Korea they have more rules to stop individualism, so no one will go against the government.
This summer I took Focused Inquiry 112 and the theme of our whole class was Division. This led us to do a lot of discussing of Individualism, particularly individualism in the U.S. and how it's unique compared to other countries. We talked a lot about Thoreau's declaration of individualism and contrasted it with Claude Fischer's theory of the paradoxes of individualism which suggests that American Individualism is not that of Thoreau's lone person who "walks to the beat of his own drummer." His idea is that Americans actually express their individualism through being able to voluntarily choose to ally themselves with different groups -- such as, for example, brand affiliations, religious groups, political parties etc. The result is a lot of individual people who surround themselves with those who agree with them. This is how individualism relates back to the theme of division (ironically), and we talked about how polarized our country has become.
Last spring semester, I took a government class in which we discussed philosophy from people like Emma Goldman and Thomas Hobbes. They both emphasized individualism, but interpreted the exact definition differently. Emma's idealism stretched to anarchy it ignite a no government with people individually soul driven and community driven. She further talks about how we aren't achieving our potential in regards to our individual rights and power struggle between the government. She explains that our individualism is being stripped away from us when we comply with usually outdated law enforcement.
During the fall 2020 semester, I was enrolled in a sociology course that discussed individualism. Individualism was perceived as a form of ignorance that is shared by American citizens. A majority of Americans believe that individualism is based on pure free-will or are not a result of external factors. The sociology class examined individualism through the perspectives of structural functionalism, symbolic interactionism, and the conflict perspective. Bulman analyzed individualism as a way of liberation in the United States and to express unique characteristics we inhabit. However, the world evolves just for some of us to exhibit the same traits. My nail technician, for example, is specialized in her unique skill, but now she teach classes for others to learn her techniques. Does she still exhibits individualism even though others now practice the same methods? Furthermore, we focus on personal labels and the commitment we have in other people lives without realizing that we are dependent on each other sometimes.
in a civics class we had a discussion bout individualism once. It was regarded as a good thing, witch I agree with for the most part. However, there are some people so desperate to think for themselves that they will create false realities and fake science just so they can stand out from the flock.
In chapter 2 of Bulman i agreed with a lot of the stuff he said. With the exception of " In our society it is believed that if and individual works hard enough they can be successful." Im paraphrasing a bit there but the main idea remains intact. This would be true if everyone was on the same playing field. But the reality is that some people will have to work many timers harder than others just to scrape by. This is due to the inherent competitive nature of capitalism that requires a poorer working class in order for it to be successful. This niche for a poorer less fortunate economic class, as decided by our society, would be fulfilled by minorities. Through underfunding of marginalized communities America has made it much harder for these marginalized groups to escape the working class.
There was one class I had where we talked about individualism in a political and natural sense. We talked about how Humans by nature gravitate towards forming groups and that is how we advance. We build civilizations, society's and such. I don't remember talking about many positives and negatives but we mentioned how if you want to be in the group there are laws and rules you have to follow but if you don't you will have to fend for yourself. In one of my art classes my focus for my portfolio was self awareness vs group think. I had many iterations of a melting pot. One being a robotic skull with people jumping in all with their individual colors and once they leapt in, their color would be muted making a black pool. I do believe that everyone individually joins a group. The problem begins when people just jump in a group because they want to fit in or are afraid of being alone vs joining a group because of similar interests, goals, or mindsets.
Abbe Casey In the past, I have discussed different aspects of individualism in several classes. One specific example that comes to mind would be last year when I took a sociology class. We discussed individualistic cultures versus collectivist cultures. In individual societies, such as the United States or Germany, people are positively viewed by their peers if they are independent, strong, self-reliant, etc. However, in collectivist societies like China or Korea, people are considered "good" if they are generous, dependable, and observant of how they can help others. Individualism can be considered a good or a bad thing depending on the values and traditions that are upheld where you live. If someone in China, for example, demonstrated traits that would be considered the norm in an individualistic society, their neighbors and peers may see it as out of the ordinary.
I've come across the term 'individualism' in sociology psychology, globalization, and some highschool literary classes. It's been described as a mentality to achieve for the self. An individual who understands their individualism is hypothetically a person who could do anything they desire. In globalization individualism is described as a construct of developed nations (America with the historic "american dream" thing), eastern cultures specifically in Asia operate with a collectivism where they support one another. In America students are motivated to chase their dreams and go to school to become whatever they want, but in a collectivist culture it would be more common for a whole family to tell a student to go to school to satisfy their family and support their family to make happy. I think that individualism is making our society introverted as being the one and only doesn't exactly motivate collaboration.
I've come across individualism in classes such as AP Lang, focused inquiry, AP psychology, etc. Individualism often carried a negative connotation in contrast to collectivism. However, I don't think either one is inherently good or bad. Individualism does not exist without collectivism, vice versa. Individualism is rooted in American culture. It is instilled within every single piece of American pop culture that one must stand out, be different, and pave their own unique path. Individualism preaches a lesson very similar to the game Tetris: if you try to fit in with everyone else, you'll disappear. Or so it seems. In reality, as different as one may desire to be, they will always be apart of another collective. While individualism is rooted in self interest, often times individual achievement often adds to the collective society of which the individual belongs in. - Phong Ngo
I am sure that I have learned about individualism in other classes but the class where we talked about individualism the most was in the Social Psychology class that I took Sophomore year. We talked about it in the sense of social roles, my Psych teacher made a really good point that I still remember to this day. He said "Everyone is their own individual but some can't deal with their individuality or want to fit in so they turn to conformity". He was essentially saying that Individualism is good but a lot of people these days are scared to be themselves which I think is a really good point. I think it's important to have individualism because it brings more personality diversity but also we need to be more accepting to people being themselves, a lot of people still have a hard time with that.
In sociology we discussed whether we lived in an individualized society or a collective society. Of course majority agreed that we are more individualized because we typically forget the small things people do for us. For example, receiving advice, learning to work, learning a new job, etc.
I have talked about individualism in Sociology and in Human Studies and Globalization. It was talked about from a more observant and analytical point of view. It was like: "this happened... okay let's continue on with the lesson!" In sociology, we went more in depth about it and how it affects our everyday lives, and how individualism is seen as both a blessing and a curse. On one end, you're different and you can meet with other like-minded people who share your interests and goals. On the other end, you could be ostracized or seen as strange by your peers. In Globalization, it wasn't necessarily taught as a good or a bad thing, but I think we talked about it in correlation to races and cultures.
ReplyDeleteIndividualism has been discussed in my Focused Inquiry class in terms of the education system. We discussed Freire's theories on banking vs problem posing models of education. This relates to individualism because of how every student is an individual with different learning needs and strengths and weaknesses. Because of this, the traditional method of teaching doesn't allow the students to learn to their full potential and to think critically using their prior knowledge. In this case, individualism is a good thing because it brings new and unique ideas into the classroom.
ReplyDeleteJaeline Perez: In my government class we talked about individual freedoms. We talked about how the U.S shows their individualism through religion and voting. We also talked about the different religions they are in the U.S even though the majority are catholic or Christian. Even though there is separation of church and state, the pledge of allegiance still mentions god, which isn't very individualistic to me. Compared to other countries the U.S has more individual freedoms and less censorship, unlike Russia or North Korea they have more rules to stop individualism, so no one will go against the government.
ReplyDeleteThis summer I took Focused Inquiry 112 and the theme of our whole class was Division. This led us to do a lot of discussing of Individualism, particularly individualism in the U.S. and how it's unique compared to other countries. We talked a lot about Thoreau's declaration of individualism and contrasted it with Claude Fischer's theory of the paradoxes of individualism which suggests that American Individualism is not that of Thoreau's lone person who "walks to the beat of his own drummer." His idea is that Americans actually express their individualism through being able to voluntarily choose to ally themselves with different groups -- such as, for example, brand affiliations, religious groups, political parties etc. The result is a lot of individual people who surround themselves with those who agree with them. This is how individualism relates back to the theme of division (ironically), and we talked about how polarized our country has become.
ReplyDeleteLast spring semester, I took a government class in which we discussed philosophy from people like Emma Goldman and Thomas Hobbes. They both emphasized individualism, but interpreted the
ReplyDeleteexact definition differently. Emma's idealism stretched to anarchy it ignite a no government with people individually soul driven and community driven. She further talks about how we aren't achieving our potential in regards to our individual rights and power struggle between the government. She explains that our individualism is being stripped away from us when we comply with usually outdated law enforcement.
Diamon Patterson:
ReplyDeleteDuring the fall 2020 semester, I was enrolled in a sociology course that discussed individualism. Individualism was perceived as a form of ignorance that is shared by American citizens. A majority of Americans believe that individualism is based on pure free-will or are not a result of external factors. The sociology class examined individualism through the perspectives of structural functionalism, symbolic interactionism, and the conflict perspective. Bulman analyzed individualism as a way of liberation in the United States and to express unique characteristics we inhabit. However, the world evolves just for some of us to exhibit the same traits. My nail technician, for example, is specialized in her unique skill, but now she teach classes for others to learn her techniques. Does she still exhibits individualism even though others now practice the same methods? Furthermore, we focus on personal labels and the commitment we have in other people lives without realizing that we are dependent on each other sometimes.
in a civics class we had a discussion bout individualism once. It was regarded as a good thing, witch I agree with for the most part. However, there are some people so desperate to think for themselves that they will create false realities and fake science just so they can stand out from the flock.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 2 of Bulman i agreed with a lot of the stuff he said. With the exception of " In our society it is believed that if and individual works hard enough they can be successful." Im paraphrasing a bit there but the main idea remains intact. This would be true if everyone was on the same playing field. But the reality is that some people will have to work many timers harder than others just to scrape by. This is due to the inherent competitive nature of capitalism that requires a poorer working class in order for it to be successful. This niche for a poorer less fortunate economic class, as decided by our society, would be fulfilled by minorities. Through underfunding of marginalized communities America has made it much harder for these marginalized groups to escape the working class.
There was one class I had where we talked about individualism in a political and natural sense. We talked about how Humans by nature gravitate towards forming groups and that is how we advance. We build civilizations, society's and such. I don't remember talking about many positives and negatives but we mentioned how if you want to be in the group there are laws and rules you have to follow but if you don't you will have to fend for yourself.
ReplyDeleteIn one of my art classes my focus for my portfolio was self awareness vs group think. I had many iterations of a melting pot. One being a robotic skull with people jumping in all with their individual colors and once they leapt in, their color would be muted making a black pool. I do believe that everyone individually joins a group. The problem begins when people just jump in a group because they want to fit in or are afraid of being alone vs joining a group because of similar interests, goals, or mindsets.
Abbe Casey
ReplyDeleteIn the past, I have discussed different aspects of individualism in several classes. One specific example that comes to mind would be last year when I took a sociology class. We discussed individualistic cultures versus collectivist cultures. In individual societies, such as the United States or Germany, people are positively viewed by their peers if they are independent, strong, self-reliant, etc. However, in collectivist societies like China or Korea, people are considered "good" if they are generous, dependable, and observant of how they can help others.
Individualism can be considered a good or a bad thing depending on the values and traditions that are upheld where you live. If someone in China, for example, demonstrated traits that would be considered the norm in an individualistic society, their neighbors and peers may see it as out of the ordinary.
I've come across the term 'individualism' in sociology psychology, globalization, and some highschool literary classes. It's been described as a mentality to achieve for the self. An individual who understands their individualism is hypothetically a person who could do anything they desire. In globalization individualism is described as a construct of developed nations (America with the historic "american dream" thing), eastern cultures specifically in Asia operate with a collectivism where they support one another. In America students are motivated to chase their dreams and go to school to become whatever they want, but in a collectivist culture it would be more common for a whole family to tell a student to go to school to satisfy their family and support their family to make happy. I think that individualism is making our society introverted as being the one and only doesn't exactly motivate collaboration.
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DeleteI've come across individualism in classes such as AP Lang, focused inquiry, AP psychology, etc. Individualism often carried a negative connotation in contrast to collectivism. However, I don't think either one is inherently good or bad. Individualism does not exist without collectivism, vice versa. Individualism is rooted in American culture. It is instilled within every single piece of American pop culture that one must stand out, be different, and pave their own unique path. Individualism preaches a lesson very similar to the game Tetris: if you try to fit in with everyone else, you'll disappear. Or so it seems. In reality, as different as one may desire to be, they will always be apart of another collective. While individualism is rooted in self interest, often times individual achievement often adds to the collective society of which the individual belongs in. - Phong Ngo
ReplyDeleteI am sure that I have learned about individualism in other classes but the class where we talked about individualism the most was in the Social Psychology class that I took Sophomore year. We talked about it in the sense of social roles, my Psych teacher made a really good point that I still remember to this day. He said "Everyone is their own individual but some can't deal with their individuality or want to fit in so they turn to conformity". He was essentially saying that Individualism is good but a lot of people these days are scared to be themselves which I think is a really good point. I think it's important to have individualism because it brings more personality diversity but also we need to be more accepting to people being themselves, a lot of people still have a hard time with that.
ReplyDeleteIn sociology we discussed whether we lived in an individualized society or a collective society. Of course majority agreed that we are more individualized because we typically forget the small things people do for us. For example, receiving advice, learning to work, learning a new job, etc.
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