Conformity or Consequences
RUNNING HEAD: Conformity or Consequences
Conformity or Consequences
After reading the story about a fifteen year old, Caucasian girl named Sarah, we find out that she is a sophomore in high school and lives in an affluent part of town with her parents.
Sarah, like most teens that still live at home with parents have a certain time to be in the house every night. This is called a curfew. Most teens Sarah’s age despise any kind of rules their parents set forth, especially a curfew. In the beginning Sarah obeyed all of the rules of the house that her parents set forth. In doing so she was a good girl that also did well in school. Sarah was excited about being a sophomore. She met new people and made new friends in her high school classes. Some of the factors that contributed towards Sarah’s attitude regarding her curfew was before she met her new friends. When her parents first set the rules of the house, Sarah did not have a problem with the curfew. She did what she was supposed to do according to her parents and did not give them any problems. Soon, she met up with her friends that may or may have not been good influences on her. She thought it was great that her friends were so popular and wondered what that would be like from time to time, and soon the curfew did not mean as much. Sarah conformed to her friends’ beliefs by believing herself. Her friends believed they have always had fun at these parties and she wanted to know that feeling. She never broke her parents’ rules, let alone a curfew. She took the rules she knew her parents had laid down for her and broke them because she wanted to feel the same excitement and feelings her friends were feeling. She had never really did fit in with a crowd until now. She was smart, pretty, and somewhat rich like most of the others in her class. Sarah’s friends kept assuring her she would have a good time if she would only go to this party. Indecisive about what
Conformity or Consequences
After reading the story about a fifteen year old, Caucasian girl named Sarah, we find out that she is a sophomore in high school and lives in an affluent part of town with her parents.
Sarah, like most teens that still live at home with parents have a certain time to be in the house every night. This is called a curfew. Most teens Sarah’s age despise any kind of rules their parents set forth, especially a curfew. In the beginning Sarah obeyed all of the rules of the house that her parents set forth. In doing so she was a good girl that also did well in school. Sarah was excited about being a sophomore. She met new people and made new friends in her high school classes. Some of the factors that contributed towards Sarah’s attitude regarding her curfew was before she met her new friends. When her parents first set the rules of the house, Sarah did not have a problem with the curfew. She did what she was supposed to do according to her parents and did not give them any problems. Soon, she met up with her friends that may or may have not been good influences on her. She thought it was great that her friends were so popular and wondered what that would be like from time to time, and soon the curfew did not mean as much. Sarah conformed to her friends’ beliefs by believing herself. Her friends believed they have always had fun at these parties and she wanted to know that feeling. She never broke her parents’ rules, let alone a curfew. She took the rules she knew her parents had laid down for her and broke them because she wanted to feel the same excitement and feelings her friends were feeling. She had never really did fit in with a crowd until now. She was smart, pretty, and somewhat rich like most of the others in her class. Sarah’s friends kept assuring her she would have a good time if she would only go to this party. Indecisive about what