The Stream Of The Norm: A Short Story

At the age of 13 my parents decided that I was old enough to catch the train into the city. When my brother reached this age my parents were more reluctant in allowing him the same privilege, according to them I was more mature so they trusted that I would be responsible. However, this opinion differed to other things we did when growing up such as going to parties and going out at nigh. My parents were hesitant and were always reluctant to let me go especially when I first started asking. At parties I was sent off with

Ever since I have graduated high school, I have been bombarded with questions about what I plan to do when I grow up by extended family members and friends. When I tell them that I want to become a physician, they look at me almost quizzically. They regard me in a manner that infers “why are you reaching so high. In my culture, it is common for women to work their schedule around men. For example, if husband has a business, the wife will just stay with the husband and help him with it. This concept is so engraved in my society that the women do not really complain about it. To further illustrate this point, women are not pushed to attain a higher education, but instead are encouraged into marrying into economically stable

In society people are expected to follow many unwritten rules that are thought to be the “norm”. When one decides to break one of societies unwritten rules it puts not only the rule breaker but everyone around in positions where they are forced out of their comfort zones and must adjust to the abnormal. For this assignment the task was to choose multiple norms to break in front of various audiences then analyze the experience both as the norm breaker and reactions of the unknowing audience. This paper will discuss breaking of an interpersonal behavior norm by standing too close to others while browsing various stores in a mall. Also a social etiquette norm will be evaluated by choosing to sit on the floor at a food service establishment to

A norm is defined as expectations, or rules of behavior that reflect and enforce behavior.(Henslin, 2009) When people are in public settings we expect individuals to behave in a certain way. For example when standing in line to see a show or to purchase an item we expect everyone to stand in a single file line. We expect individuals to wait their turn as they proceed to the front of the line. Another expectation or norm is we expect individuals to have dinning etiquette when eating in restaurants. We expect people to dine using the proper utensils. I thought about this example as I was pondering for an observation to perform. I decided that I would take a chance and visit a well respected restaurant in my area and break the norm

Growth of popularity: (works that helped) (turn of the screw?) This form of eerie literature allowed members of the lower class to experience the drama of the supernatural vicariously through the characters in magazines and books. Séances were more common among those who could afford mediums, therefore the upper-class had more access to these ghostly encounters. The popularity of ghosts and the supernatural was in, authors saw this as an opportunity and hundreds of authors published their work.

My story kicks off with my mom and I going grocery shopping at Jewels. There, Jewels is packed with many different kinds of people and the lines are long, which leaves me a bit angry because I want to hurry up and go home. The first thing my mom grab is a bag of smelly onions, I really don’t like onions because they make my eyes watery and burst into tears. My mom then, grabs two bags of Turnip greens, Turnip greens aren’t my favorite but, they taste nice with the rotisserie turkey and candy yams. I pick up two of my favorite foods of Thanksgiving which, is the turkey and a box of baked

My dad would tell me to keep watch of the apartment and take care of my brother while he goes to work. In order to lessen my dad’s burden, I felt the need to learn how to cook, so I can prepare his dinner since he was working an 8 hour shift. I would prepare meals for him and clean the house. My mom was left back in the Philippines, so I filled in the missing role of a mother. Up till now, I still feel the need to take care of everyone, even after my mom arrived here in the United States. I drive my mom to work, and pick her up while dropping dinner for my dad at his job and paying for the bills. I do not feel the need to go shopping for myself because I use my money that I get from my job to pay for the

Families are organized with fathers as the figures in control and the mothers are subordinate to them. Mothers, however, take compete charge of the children, and so from a child’s point of view, mothers appear to be authority figures as well. Children are obligated to respect and obey these authoritative figures. (p. 103)

In society, we are accustomed to the normative social influence of rules for us to follow, from how we act in public to what we wear. Whether it was visible to us at the time or not the general public does follow this social norm that governs us for one simplistic reason, we don’t want to be embarrassed for being out of the social norm. The need for social acceptance is presented in our everyday behaviors, actions, and reactions to social normalities. Even with the acceptation of the many people who pretend not to notice a change in a person social norm, when a social norm is broken, the majority will notice it. However I did learn something during the time I was the social norms breaker, “individuals will tend to either fully conform to the

So, after just a few visits with my dad, I learned to not only accept the new addition to my family, but to love her. I promised myself that I would stay by her side and would lead her through the confusing world we live in. I knew that I would do everything I could to insure that she never got hurt. This lasted for a while, and I began to view my family’s situation as “normal”. That’s when my dad decided to throw in another curveball; that weekend I entered my dad’s apartment and made my way to Sofia’s room per usual, except this time when I opened the door I was surprised to see that where one twin bed used to lay was now replaced with two cribs. This was my dad’s way of telling us that him and his fiance were expecting again, twins this time. Thus, my dad’s fiance moved in along with her two kids from her first marriage, expanding the number of siblings I had from 3 to 8 in less than three

In lecture 5, while learning about different parenting styles, I could not pinpoint exactly how I was parented. At first, I thought I was parented through authoritative parenting but then I realized I could also relate to indulgent parenting. I believed my parents fell under democratic parenting since my parents do explain things to me and help me think of the consequences my actions have. However, I grew up with just a few rules and barely had responsibilities. Even if I misbehaved, I was never grounded. My parents do not speak English, so they do not even know what grounding is. I was not assigned any chores and now I am barely ordered to do any housework. When I help around the house it is because I want to, not because I am told to. My

Cleopatra To begin, Cleopatra was a strong and passionate leader for the Egyptians. Although she was a great leader and role model for some people (www.goddesslife.com) she made decisions that affected Egypt in good and bad ways. She killed her siblings, had a relationship with Julius Caesar, and she tragically killed herself. Therefore, she was an important leader in ancient times.

Time passed and it seemed as if Nazis in France was the new norm. The streets of Paris ounce occupied by French flags and fleur-de-lys was now covered in banners displaying swastika's. Many French had become used to carrying around passports and papers that identified them as non-threats. Any resistance was met with brutal force and quickly eradicated, and anyone accused of resisting in anyway was taken away. Out of all these things the worst was that the streets started to have less Jewish, Slavic, and colored people. One Saturday morning Charles woke up and went down stairs to his family. His mother was over the stove making breakfast, and his father reading the paper. After a quick breakfast Charles mother asked him to go to the market and

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My concept of gender roles are very different from my parents. To compare; my father believes that a women should stay home but if the father couldn’t provide then the women should work. While this view isn’t completely negative, it is a very