Social Norms Are Constantly Changing

Part I of Essay
Social norms are always changing. The changes over the last century have been very drastic. Even this decade has seen some very dramatic changes. One very visible social norm is the style of clothing. Styles rarely stay the same from one year to the next. What is in o ....

Part II of Essay
.... a student has to do a lot more than cheat on a test to get in any real trouble. Some things that get kids in a lot of trouble now include looking up porn on the Internet and fighting. Swearing in class is usually punished with mild reprimand from the teacher. Fifty years ago, and even only twenty years ago, you didn’t dare say even the mildest swear word in the presence of a teacher. Another norm that has changed a lot is what teenagers do for entertainment. In the early twenties, teenagers generally didn’t have a lot of free time. ....