I was at school, Stevenson, my freshman year and I committed a random act of positive deviance by opening the door open for a teacher that had her hands full of papers. I don't know her name nor have I ever seen her before, but was by the sports center upstairs by the chorus rooms and I saw a teacher coming through the hallway with many things in her hands and the person before me had shut the door as a joke because I guess it's funny to be immature, but I held the door open for her and she was so thankful, more than a person should be for having a door open for them, but I guess in society today, doing a positive deviance is rare. By me opening the door for a stranger, I'd see this as a cliche because I thought that's something your always suppose to do for a person. When I saw the students in front of me just throw the door shut trying to be funny, I was kind of confused because I guess I didn't really expect someone to be so rude. It shocked me even more that I was thanked more than I needed to be. I felt good and as if I did someone extremely rewarding by the look of that persons face, but after all, it's always nice to put a smile on someones face, especially if they are strangers.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Staring at a blank screen.
When I stared at the TV for about 15 minutes, I didn't think it would be that easy. In fact, when I was staring, my mind didn't go straight to how boring this was or waiting for the time to pass by, my mind went into a focus of details. I noticed the small things about the TV that I knew were there, but I never really paid attention to it. Then I started thinking about the things on my mind, like what I have planned for the future, what I'm going to be eating for dinner, reflect on the things in my life. It really wasn't as boring as people make it seem. It was pretty relaxing. The only thing though was that my show was starting in a few minutes and I really didn't want to miss it, which i will admit is a pretty bad habit of mine, wanting to always be on time with my TV.
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