Ew You're Picking Your Nose!

What? No I didn't! I was just scratching the side of my nose! On an episode of Seinfield, they showed an example of defiance. The main character was driving his car and his girlfriend at the time was driving her car next to his. At a red light, he scratched the right side of his nose, and to the girl, it looked as if he was picking his nose. Deviance is all dependent on time, place and perception. It's also different depending on each person or culture. Someone might think that theft is going against norms and some people might find it acceptable or normal. Deviance is any behavior that violates social norms. Deviance can be criminal or non-criminal. An assignment that we had to do in class related to doing an act of positive deviance to society. I wrote a letter to my English as my random act of kindness. It was against norms of society because no one really expects a student to show such appreciation to their teacher. I was being deviant when I dis this. Doing these acts of kindness shows that just something little could make someone smile all day. Also in class, we read a sorry called "Saints and Roughnecks." It shows how society is deviant towards people by their appearance and not what they do. The Saints are. Group of boys that are from upper-middle class families and do really good in school by having a B average and are on the schools "good" side. The Roughnecks are a group of boys that are from a lower class and constantly get in trouble at school and do not have a good reputation with society. The Saints are involved in almost the same activities as the Roughnecks after school, such as drinking alcohol and stealing and destroying public property. But society for not perceive the Saints as those kind of "bad" people because of their social status and reputation. "In seeking happiness for others, you find it for yourself." Anonymous