Deviance

In class we did an activity in our groups/as a class and it was based off "unknown" drugs and based off their descriptions/severity we had to rate the drugs as either "legal" or "illegal". After every group wrote and discussed why they rated a certain drug as either "legal" or "illegal" we saw that many drugs that were described as being very severe most groups ranked as "illegal-felony" and then we'd find out that the drug was something like Advil; however, there were some groups who ranked differently and we got to see how everyone has their own perception even toward drug descriptions. Imagine how people are in the real world, similar to when someone hears a description/gossip about a person. Similar to the different perceptions on drugs, people have different perceptions toward people- whether they are "bad" or "good" and to one person, the rudest kid can be the sweetest kid. it's all based on perception, and deviance. This can be related to me whenever I'm meeting new people, especially when it's your first day in high school. Sometime, because our school is so large you have those people that you know exist and you've seen them around but never actually talked to them nor had a class with them; but, your friends have and based off what they tell you, whether it's good or bad you make your own assumption based off the description (or information) given to you. Similar to the drug activity, after getting to know the person yourself you have your own understanding of the person, sometimes even having a closer connection. Whenever this occurs you realize that not everyone has the same perceptions as yours may be. Everyone has their own opinions for a reason, it allows for the complexity of our society and a better understanding of individuals.