Sociology: Breaking A Social Norm
I have undertaken the task of breaking a social norm within the campus grounds. I wanted to see what kind of reactions I could get from a wide variety of people, and since UNL is so diverse with different genders, race, and age, I chose our campus to be my laboratory. I decided that I would try standing in the back of the union by the fountain, and then I would play the guitar and sing out loud as if I were enjoying the nice weather. This would probably seem normal to most people, however, I don't know how to play the guitar at all and I can't sing worth anything. I figured the combination of my terrible abilities would make a great formula for gaining attention from other people. I recorded myself doing it so that I could remember what I sang about too. I also thought it would be great to sing about my observations of the people around me. I would sing things such as people looking like animals, or making fun of their clothes, or describing every move they make, or give them a story about their day and how it's going. One time a tall white guy was walking past me by himself and my first reaction was that he looked like a giraffe, so I went with that. I sang loudly "hey tall guy with the red coat how are you today, when I first
Thomas enjoyed the fact that not every student on campus follows social norms and is willing to make people see that it isn't necessary to be the same as everyone else. Maybe I'm the demon and I need an angel; be my angel and rescue me awesome heavenly creature. saw you, you looked like a giraffe to me, can you tell me giraffe man where I can find some good leaves on a tree, giraffe people are mad all the time that they cant fit through doors, they always hit their head and it gives their head soars, which is why they wanna be outside with the grass floors, lets hear the funny looking giraffe man's ROARS!" This instance worked out great, I was happy I could play a good chord and come up with rhymes on the spot that worked out to be humorous. She also must have been very ticked off at me for some strange reason because I noticed she gave me a nasty look and flipped me off. It's too bad she didn't want to exchange phone numbers with me. Please don't walk away from me I like singing about you and your literature. It is hard for people to see that people sometimes want to act different and aren't afraid to let others know it in a manner that isn't seen as being offensive. When I finally got her attention I began composing to her. And when I sang about her book, she was taken away from that elevated state of mind that she was apart of. Unlike most people, who usually wouldn't break a social norm in such an unrestricted area with a large quantity of complete strangers, I felt extremely comfortable doing it to the point that I forgot I was even trying to break a social norm. He told me that he enjoyed me breaking up his normal boring pattern of walking to class without any entertaining spectacles. I pressured her peaceful situation and I understand why she felt attacked, which is why I choose not to judge her wrongly.
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