Deviant

     I remember a time when I was deviant.  Deviance is when a social rule is broken or when you refuse to follow one.  When I was in high school a few weeks before I was going to get my driver's license, I didn't want my sister to walk home from school so I decided to take the car and go pick her up.  I didn't realize that she didn't need to be picked up at the time so when I was on my way back home I spotted one of my friends walking.  I slowed down and asked him if he wanted a ride but suddenly a police car came and stopped me.  The cop asked me for my driver's license but I didn't have one and I told her the truth.  So, I went back to the police station with the cop and I think my friend drove the car there.  I had to go to court and pay a fine.  Because of this, I had to wait a couple more months to get my driver's license.  I didn't think I was doing anything wrong by taking the car and slowing down but the cop thought differently.  The cop said I was driving erratically or I was swerving when they stopped me but that wasn't true.  Also, the cop said a sarcastic remark that got me upset I wanted to tell the judge when I went to court and fight it.  My feeling for that cop stayed with me for a long time until eventually I forgot and it went away. 
     We can be doing something deviant and not even know it is deviant.  I don't understand how some things can be considered deviant by society such as being with the wrong group of people or being an overweight person in a gym.  My brother was hanging out with the wrong group of people for a while.  My mother and the rest of my family thought he was on drugs.  Now, he doesn't hang out with the same group.  My brother is like the black sheep of the family with the examples of his deviance.  By not conforming to society and what others think are right labels you a deviant.