| Each person is unique and it is that | | | | make everyone equal, people are not equal; |
| individuality that we as a whole draw | | | | not genetically and certainly not through |
| strength from. We should use such advantages | | | | different experience of nurturing. For |
| to our benefit. Plato often wrote about this | | | | instance I am a terrible accountant and could |
| in The Republic, that each member of a | | | | be good at that but it would be a living hell |
| society ought to do what they are best at and | | | | for me to try. This would serve no one if I |
| be alleviated from responsibility of those | | | | were assigned to that position, would it? An |
| things they are not good at, which can be | | | | accountant may be less suited for the |
| done by others. The individual and the | | | | activities that I tend to excel in.We are so |
| society gain the most using this methodology. | | | | quick to judge and label people with |
| Why have we not considered this wise advice | | | | disorders or categorize them and duly place |
| in our culture? Instead we often put people | | | | them where society has agreed upon in advance |
| into jobs they are unsuited for in patience, | | | | that they must be, rather than looking into |
| competence and ability. Who benefits? Would a | | | | the individual. Schools are too quick to |
| Football team, which actually wants to win | | | | prescribe students as ADHD and put them on |
| the game do that? After all; the guy with the | | | | Prozac. We should be finding out where the |
| strong foot and lanky build ought to be the | | | | superior traits can do the most good. From |
| kicker, not a lineman, for he would only be | | | | our studies of different people we find that |
| good for one play.Yet as our world becomes | | | | lower intelligence levels find themselves |
| more PC, we seem to be too worried about | | | | happier in repetitive jobs. |
| hurting feelings in the real world and try to | | | | |