This week in sociology we talked about deviance. If someone is deviant they go against what is normal in society- like paying for someone else's groceries or on the other end of the spectrum stealing. Deviance can be good or bad. We read an article called "Saints and Roughnecks" who went to the same school. The saints were seen as angels, they got good grades and were loved by their teachers and society. The roughnecks on the other hand, were always getting into trouble with the police, didn't get good grades, and were seen negatively by society. However, it turns out that the saints were doing bad things also, like vandalizing, they just never managed to get caught. The saints were wealthier than the roughnecks. They lived in better neighborhoods and had resources that the roughnecks didn't. These distinctions between social class is what made the roughnecks seem more deviant than the saints.
We also talked about how when you are deviant everyone notices. This has definitely happened to me. Whenever I decide to help out more than usual in my house, my mom makes a really big deal about it. I remember one time she was gone and I was home alone and I was going to my friends house soon, so we weren't going to see each other before she got back. I knew she had been feeling kind of sick and that she was already out shopping and would be tired so I did some chores like doing the dishes. When I was at my friend's house I got a call from my mom and she was like "Is everything okay?!??! What is wrong with you?!" When you are deviant, a lot of people notice. It's hard to ignore something that is so different from the norm.
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