On Wednesday July 8th, I engaged in something that I never necessarily would have done before, I purposely brought attention to myself. I engaged in breaking a social norm and called attention to my behavior, and by extension my appearance. I allowed myself to become the focus of someone’s attention because of my blatant disregard of the social norms that have been set up within our society. Alongside with my partner, Andrea Armengol, we quietly and stealthily entered an elevator in the Miami Regional Dialysis Center building at Jackson North Hospital at around 1 o’clock in the afternoon. There was an array of people whom my partner and I encountered inside of the elevator, one of the youngest unknowing participant in our experiment could
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I entered the elevator with my shoulders back and head held high with the upmost confidence, and then I proceeded to stand directly by the door observing the occupants of the elevator. I remained quiet, and took on an almost disinterested posture as I leaned against the side of the floor level control panel with my hands clasped in front of me. That being stated, I must admit that breaking this social norm evoked an array of emotions within me. Due to my quiet introverted nature, I felt extremely awkward conducting the experiment. I believe that I felt this way because, I am not a person who enjoys standing out, or even speaking to people unless the situation requires it. I am ruled by an immature fear of what people will think of me if I do something that they deem different. Before and at the start of the experiment my palms felt sweaty and I began to smile uncontrollably to mask how weird and worried I felt disregarding this social norm; because of that, throughout the experiment I continuously had to pump myself up until I became somewhat comfortable with what I was doing. During the offense, while I did feel awkward, I constantly kept telling myself that this was an invaluable experience to learn something new and grow as a person. By doing that, I eventually managed to relax myself completely and became comfortable with conducting the
I entered the elevator with my shoulders back and head held high with the upmost confidence, and then I proceeded to stand directly by the door observing the occupants of the elevator. I remained quiet, and took on an almost disinterested posture as I leaned against the side of the floor level control panel with my hands clasped in front of me. That being stated, I must admit that breaking this social norm evoked an array of emotions within me. Due to my quiet introverted nature, I felt extremely awkward conducting the experiment. I believe that I felt this way because, I am not a person who enjoys standing out, or even speaking to people unless the situation requires it. I am ruled by an immature fear of what people will think of me if I do something that they deem different. Before and at the start of the experiment my palms felt sweaty and I began to smile uncontrollably to mask how weird and worried I felt disregarding this social norm; because of that, throughout the experiment I continuously had to pump myself up until I became somewhat comfortable with what I was doing. During the offense, while I did feel awkward, I constantly kept telling myself that this was an invaluable experience to learn something new and grow as a person. By doing that, I eventually managed to relax myself completely and became comfortable with conducting the