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    HighSchoolConformity:TheGreatDebatebyDayanaSalazar

    Society,alwaysthefirsttoestablishnormsandexpectations.Manyteenagerscanshowpride
    ofbeingnonconformistbutyetseemveryaliketoothers.Teenagersareoftenpressuredto
    becomedifferentbutfindthemselvesfollowingseveralgroupsguidelines.
    Theauthorityfiguresandhigherinfluencesofthe
    schoolsystemhaveasetstudentbodywhichis
    easiertocontroltogether.However,themain
    focusoftheschoolsystemshouldbetoguide
    studentsindevelopingstagessuchas,becoming
    individuals.Manyschoolsencouragegood
    behaviorhowever,whatsconsideredgood
    behaviorforahighschoolstudent?
    Oneofthemostimportanttransitionsofa
    humanslifeisfromchildhoodtoadulthood.Erik
    Erikson,afamouspsychologistwhodeveloped
    psychologicalstagesofahuman,doesstatethatteenagersintheagesof12to18seekforadult
    identities(Erikson,1959).Duringthistransitionteenagersareseeking,relationships,futuregoals
    andselfinterest.Forexamplesomestudentsdonothaveenoughrolemodelstolookupto.
    Since,thisisaproblemtheycancometoconfusion.
    Confusioncancorrelatetoconformity,mainlybecauseateenagerinhighschoolisinastate
    wheretheydontknowwherethey
    belonginsociety(Erikson,1959).

    Thiscancausepopulargroupsalso
    knownascliquesinhighschool

    to
    becomeahighauthorityinthestudent
    body.Whyfollowothergroupsin
    confusion

    duringteenageyears?
    Teenagersinhighschoolfearthefact

    ofbeingtheoddoneorthedifferentpersonintheschoolorgroup.Inacliquethereisa
    leaderwhothefollowerstrytomimick.Attimesreflectingonachangeofappearance.Materials

    suchasclothesandaccessoriescanhelpchange
    ateenagerwhilefillingtheirexpectedroleinthe
    group(Myers,2009).Eventhoughitcanbe
    seenasanegativetochangewhotheyaretotry
    tomatchanotherpersonstudieshaveshown
    thattheprocessofimitatingormimickinghelps
    theconnectionandtheinteractionbetween
    students(Chartrand&Bargh,1999).
    AnalyzingtheresearchthatIfoundwith
    psychologist,CarlosRubalcaba,Ifoundthat
    conformityshowsalackofauthority.Figures
    who

    canhelpstudentsdeveloptheirownuniquecharacteristics.Thereisadifferencebetween
    authorityfiguresandobedience.Ahighschoolstudentneedsanauthorityfigurewhomakesan
    exampleofthemselvesbyprovidingapositiveinfluence.Thiscouldbeateacher,coachanda
    counselor.Obedienceisthereactionoftheauthorityfigures,commandsororders(Myers,2009).
    Whichattimescanbeagoodthing,wearetaughttofollowordersfromparents,policeand
    teachers.Theorderscanintersectwith,

    duetoademandofobedienceaninternalconflictcan
    causecontradictionsin

    astudentbyaskingthemselvesWhydoIhaveto?andIsthiswhatI
    want?.Limitingtheirdecisionmakingtowardstheirfuture.
    Socialconformityinhighschooldoeshavepositiveaspectsthemainoneisbeingacceptance.
    Asastudentyouseekacceptanceandonceitisreached
    a.studentthenstartstofeelmorecomfortablewithin
    socialstandards.Thiscanbeapositive,

    forstudentsto
    knowwhat

    standardsareappropriateforsociety.A
    teenagerinagroupcanfeelmorecomfortablewithin
    themselvesbecausetheyareseenaspartofagroup.In
    orderforsocietytobeknownasasocietyweneed
    normstobefollowedwhichhelpsthemovementof
    schools.

    Soisgoodbehaviortherightbehaviorforacertainindividualoreverystudentinahigh
    school?Thegreatestdefinitionofgood,it'snottherightanswerforeveryone.Thethoughtof
    beinggoodisinfactthehopeofhavingeveryonesapproval.Whileitdoeshavepositives,
    whyshouldateenagerdesireapprovalmorethanselfinterest?Selfinterestcanbeselfishbut
    itsthebestwayforpersonalitygrowth.Highschoolstudentsshouldbeencouragedbyboth
    schoolauthorityfiguresandparentstodevelopdifferentideasoutsidethenorms.Teachers
    shouldsetupworkshopsfordifferentinterestandprovideencouragementtostudents.Broad
    thinkersneverfitinwhichisagreatthingbecauseithelpsustowardsthefuture.Ihope
    teenagersinhighschoolsoonrealizetostartembracingtheirownthoughtsandideas.Being
    uniqueanddifferentcancontributealottosocietyitself.Breakingconformityalsoencourages
    positiveselfesteemanddevelopsnewstandardsforthemselves.

    References

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