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