Group mind paragraphs

Weakest There is much information out there that some of us are not aware of. Lessing’s proposal of sharing her opinion on the general public, about the group mind seems like a good idea, some of us, know that what we do sometimes when we follow others, aren’t always the best choices, it would be better for us to know how to follow our own hearts and take others consideration AT TIMES, not always. I think it is in human nature for people to change their opinions depending on others. Sometimes when that happens, it’s because we want to see the pros and cons of decisions, we want other people’s opinions on the consequences. For example when choosing a college, many people’s opinions influenced my own. My parents didn’t go to college so they didn’t know too much about universities, but what they did was they asked people, who had gone to college. They know what it’s like and they can advise others. My example proves that there is knowledge out there that some of us aren’t aware of, as Lessing put it, “If I describe an experiment or two, then anyone listening who may be a sociologist or psychologist will groan, Oh no, not again---for they will have heard of these classic experiments far too often.” She later says that for those who aren’t sociologists and psychologists her experiment was new information they probably haven’t heard of before. My point is that the general public is at times excluded from bigger issues, probably because they don’t know what’s going on or, because those who know aren’t going out and sharing their knowledge.

I think this is my weakest paragraph, because I talked about why people take into consideration other peoples’ opinions, and how I listened to my parents, but that is kind of a random point. It doesn’t fully go with what I’m trying to prove. Either I have to figure out how to include it so that it goes with what I’m trying to prove or I should take that part out. Another reason why it’s my weakest paragraph is because I talk about two different things, about how people take other people’s opinions and that there are things out there that we don’t know about.

Strongest Peer pressure can make kids do things they probably shouldn’t do. I think it is safe to say that all of us at one time in our life have done things we aren’t proud of, because others were doing it, or we wanted to hang out with them. Later on in life they’ll remember those things they did and feel ashamed and remorseful. Lessing proposed that people let go of that shame and guilt, and learn from it, it already happened, they can’t change the past, but they can learn from it. I think people should let it go and change, and try to follow their own opinions, but I also think that doing that is harder than it seems. For example, the whole issue of slavery, first there was slavery, then segregation, and when segregation was illegal, there was still de-facto segregation, which was segregation by custom and tradition. People know that what they’re doing is wrong, but that doesn’t mean they’ll change from one day to another, it takes years, decades even. Even though, we try to change things they won’t always be completely gone, things might get better. But that doesn’t mean they’ll be gone for good. I think that Lessing’s proposition is a good start, but I think the issue is more than just about the group mind, I think that for the issue to get solved the individual has to take that jump and avoid listening to the “group mind”.

I think this is my strongest paragraph because my example contradicts Lessing’s proposal to just forget about what happened, and do differently, because it shows how even though, things got better, they let that guilt off, but there was still segregation, even after it was illegal! It shows that feeling remorse isn’t enough, I’m pretty sure many people felt ashamed of how inhumane they had acted, yet things were still the same for a while, until segregation became more sutle.