Last week, I had an interesting lab experiment for General Psychology. I had to break a social norm. As some of you know, I'm a pretty introverted person and tend to stick to all the social norms. Social norms are the unwritten rules that most people follow. For example, you don't just go sit next to some stranger in a movie theater if there are plenty of empty seats. Or you wouldn't wear your pajamas to class in the morning. Wait, never mind, a lot of college students wear their pajamas to class. You wouldn't wear a prom dress to class in the morning. People would give you a weird look.
For my assignment, I was going to stand very close to someone and just kind of trail them, but then I remembered that I own a plethora of tutus and I am currently taking a Ballet class. Yep. I wore a bright red, obnoxious, fluffy tutu to Ballet. I originally wore that tutu as a Spanish Dancer in The Nutcracker. Three different years. I even wore the hair piece and the classic Ballet bun. I'd say that was breaking a social norm.
So, as I walked into class impersonating a Spanish Ballerina, I got some pretty weird looks. It was hilarious! People just stared when I took off my coat and said good morning like I normally would. I couldn't tell them it was for a Psychology experiment quite yet so I just said I wanted to get my money's worth out of the costume (they cost like 80 bucks normally). It was hard not to burst out laughing. Throughout the class people kept glancing over at me when they thought I wasn't looking and I just about lost it a few times. When the class ended I did end up telling them it was an experiment, so people don't think I'm just a weirdo who wears tutus to Ballet. I knew people would want to see what I looked like, so here is a picture of me about to go outside in the freezing weather in a tutu.
I hope you all have a good morning, afternoon, evening or night.
2 Chronicles 15:2
"The Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you."
Dang our apartment was messy): Lol. Although, that costume you have on is quite... Out there. Lol. And you did your hair and everything to fit it! Did you actually wear that for something? That would of been cool to see (In my head I am thinking Salsa-ish ballet stuff. Lol.).
ReplyDeleteWhen I wore it in the Nutcracker we did more classical Ballet steps with a bit of flamenco thrown in there. It's a pretty crazy costume!
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