Deviance Is In

I do think this applies to kids at our school. Going to Mexico for spring break is a very good example. The kids who's parents have the money to let them stay at a resort in Mexico over spring break suddenly are not breaking the law when they drink because the legal drinking age is 18. However, if the kids who are stuck here over spring break decide they want to drink too, they have that chance of getting in serious trouble because they would be under the legal drinking age. In this case, the kids who have the money can beat around the bush and legally be able to do what others are not able to do. But it is not all about drinking of course. That is just a good example of deviance at our school. Most kids at our school are saints because they are deviant but they know their way around the consequences. On the other hand, there I do realize there is such a thing as positive deviance, of which I got to learn first hand. When I performed my random act of kindness in the city and gave a street musician a dollar, it made me feel almost proud of myself. Normally I would just walk by fast and ignore them and just go on with my day. But when I saw that others were doing just that, I felt bad and thought it would be worth it, and it was. Sure it wasn't that of the ordinary, but for me, it was. I decided not to generalize people who are in need of something as simple as a dollar. Even though we tend to see a dollar as almost worthless, he was overjoyed! He was also pleased that people had actually stopped to acknowledge him. I think we should make these random acts of kindness, a little less random.