Are you an independent thinker? Or do you follow the crowd on everything? Give examples.

@Convivial idk if I agree with that. You can be a part of a small minority of people, that are up against the majority, or the crowd. Maybe you contribute small ideas to have a better chance of surviving but you don't necessarily have to have come up with that idea. An example is women's suffrage, back in the day. I suppose it could be argued that you're still part of a crowd but you will definitely feel the negative effects of conventional opinion.

@Angelwarfare i hear what your saying, I'm just taking it to the extreme... To be fully independent you have to be in a group of one

@Convivial Well, no one is fully independent. It's impossible, we're social creatures but there is a continuum. Some seem that they haven't had an independent thought in their life. Following trends, celebrities, celebrity gossip, being told by media what to wear, who to hate, etc. No one is completely immune to cultural influences, including myself, but many are completely lost in it.

@Angelwarfare agreed about the lost in it.... One thing i wish they would concentrate more on school is critical thinking skills... And that's it's ok to be different

@Convivial Yeah, absolutely. I hate how their methods of teaching never seem to change either. Like WHY do teachers feel the need to make anxious or shy kids get up in front the class or participate more? Do they think they are going to 'cure' their anxiety when psychologists can't even do it. I mean, it's better than it was. I've heard horror stories of kids getting whipped, slapped, beaten, losing their hearing from being hit, being pulled by their ears, by nuns etc Who were the REAL savages?