Deviancy

I found myself thinking sociologically when my cousin was in ISS.  She got into ISS because of tardiness, she was definitely not looking forward to ISS because she had never been there so she didn’t know what to expect.  Before she even went in there she was kind of nervous because ISS is always seen as bad.  That day after school I asked her how it went, her response was not that bad.  She said she actually liked it because you have time to do your work, they take your lunch, and its quiet.  For her ISS was more of a good thing than a bad thing.  The next day when people asked her where she was in the morning during gym and she told them, they seem very shocked and they were kind of seeing her like a deviant.  I think she liked being seen a deviant because the next day she was late again and this time she had to finish her ISS plus a Saturday school.  Every time people ask her where she was or why she wasn’t in class she just laughs and thinks its funny instead of actually trying to work something out and end the school year all clean she doesn’t seem to care.  I think that in this situation the labeling theory takes effect.  The labeling theory says that if you are labeled as something you will do it more. She was labeled as a deviant and because of that it seems like she is being more deviant than before just so she can get to ISS.