Emerson’s argument in “The American Scholar” about American society is very true even in today’s society. One way that Emerson’s idea is still true today is in the way Americans work. “The planter, who is Man sent out into the field to gather food, is seldom cheered by any idea of the true dignity of his ministry.” (Emerson). Today we believe that our occupation is the only job we can do. We don’t see that there is a bigger picture. The bigger picture is that our job is part of a cycle that keeps us living and prospering. There is a farmer, a doctor, and a soldier. The farmer produces food, the doctor makes sure the people are healthy, and the soldier defends the people. If you take one of those careers out of the picture, the people of the country would wither away. If the farmer is taken away the people would starve, take the doctor out the people would die from illness, and lastly take out the solider the people would be killed by foreign countries.

The second reason why Emerson argument is still true is the way we educated our children. We teach our children different subjects, so that they can decide what they will progress in at life. School gives us an oppurtunity to accomplish in a vast majority of fields, and yet when we grow up we only have one job that defines us. In conclusion, Emerson's idea is very common in our world today.