American Scholar.

Emerson’s argument in “The American Scholar” about American society still holds true today. In our world today after college most people get a job, sometimes before college, Most people hope to work with the same company or a different company but doing the same type of work. In any form of bussiness you might start as a inter or low man on the totum pole however you don’t want to stay in the same job possition forever. You hope to excell and maybe get a higher position. However once you start this career you are going to need the same skills forever.

Emerson says that once you are on your career pathway you usually don’t choose anyother mid way, and then loose your other skills that aren’t used in that career. Emerson optimistic came in handy, in his essays he would say,” Self Reliance and The Over-soul might be summed up in one of his epigrams.” Emerson was a optimistics & he showed that in his quotes, and diary enteries. However Emerson went through a dark time in his life, He quotes, " I find myself often idle, vagrant, stupid, and I am indolent and shall be insignificant.

Emerson's argument still holds true today because our counrty In paragraph one, it says that when you pick a job in the job field whether its medical field, Education, Science, or Arts & communication you typical stay in the same pathway your entire life. Emerson said this along time ago & I think it still holds true today.