Personal Narrative: How To Break A Norm

Lets Make it A Hobby One of my hobbies is to break a norm. When I first heard about breaking a norm was in 2014, one of my friends mentioned it while we were talking about my major, psychology. She told me she is in a class where she needs to break a norm, I personally did not knew what that meant until she explained it. After she explained that breaking the norm is basically going against what society considers to be normal, I realized what I was missing as a person. When I came to United States, I was bullied and judged in a negative way because of the way I dressed and acted. In other words, I was unique, different from my schoolmates. When I was in Iran I always wanted to be different, but when I came here because of the judgements, …show more content…
When I did that, her first reaction was to look away like she doesn't know me, except she knew me, because I was sitting next to her in her car. When she realized that she doesn't have the option of portending that she has no relations with me, she started looking at the traffic light with an ashamed and look on her face. On the other hand when the lady drove away, her scape made my friend burst into laughing. She also hit me in the art while asking if I am out of my mind. After I told her about my break a norm project, she made me realized how many other times I had broken the norm. She was also able to be a little more relaxed and accepting of it as supposed to other times she would give me lectures about how I shouldn't be doing this (breaking norms) because people would think of me differently. Also they are going to judge her because she has a friend like me. For some reason this time it was okay for her to see me break a norm, in my opinion, because this time I had a good reason for what I was doing. I think this project was very interesting because this I got to learn many lessons from it. I learned that by having a reason it makes people more accepting of your doings. Perhaps because it gives them a gateway into understanding your situation. Also by acting like the norm that you are going to break is actually a normal situation for you will also allow other people feel comfortable. For example, I acted like rolling down the window and asking for where to eat is a normal activity for me. Therefore, the lady in the other car, felt more comfortable to answer me, rather than totally ignoring me. I was also able to realize that people are more responsive to someone who is well dressed, has a soft tone, and tries to be nice; I made sure that day I would be presentable. This study was very amusing, I wondered what is a norm any ways? I mean if I