Explain why you agree or disagree with emerson's assertion that "every young man [and woman] is born with some determination in his [or her] nature, and is a potential genius" (para. 10)

The assertion given by Emerson that "every young man and woman is born with some determination in his or her nature, and is a potential genius" is totally agreeable. Emerson talks about the passion that every individual have some thing or other in his life. Every person has the potential to give his best in anything he is interested in. Hid determination makes him strive for the best in the field he loves. The thing of interest for different person may be different. For one person it may be sports, while for other it may be academics. Whatever it may be, every person has the ability and determination to give his best and achieve the "genius" status.

Agree

Explanation:

According to Emerson's assertion, human mind has excellent scope of imagination and ideas and it has all which requires it to behave in the way the surrounding nature behaves. He believes that one should not be limited by reliance of others as everyone has a self reliance of his/her own. This self reliance in any individual keep him determined to get/do the best in industry his/her life.

Hence, the I agree with the given statement.