draft on breaking social norms

Asking people to take pictures of me in my neighborhood was a learning experience. Although it may not be considered “deviant behavior” in some eyes, it did in fact deviate from the social norm by taking people out of their comfort zone to act in a way they normally wouldn’t. The variety of reactions that I encountered shows that everyone is different. Some groups of people are more reluctant to break the social norm whereas other groups of people are completely unfazed by it. I suppose the right response depends on the situation at hand. In any case, I now realize that it takes a conscious effort to go against the social norm because of the social pressures that come with being seen as a deviant.