Freaks and Geeks

During class we watched the TV show Freaks and Geeks in order to relate it what we've been learning about deviance in class. In the show, you can see how Lyndsey is seen as deviant in the eyes of both her old and new friends. The old friends that she has see her as becoming an out of control party girl. However, the new friends that shes with think that she is a goody two shoes. Both friend groups see her as being deviant.This deviance sometimes isolates her from everyone. Its the same way in the real world. When people see someone that does something that is really good or really bad, we label them as deviant. Those random acts of kindness that we had to do for our project, really seemed to impact people. Something as simple as buying dinner for someone, could have changed their day. But people don't always accept the gift. A lot of times they think you want something from them, because you did something nice for them.They label you as out of the ordinary.