Today in Life Span Development we talked about normative and non-normative life events. What is a normative event you might be asking. Well, it is an event that happens to a large group of people. For example, going to school is normative event. On the other hand a non-normative event is when one person or a select few people experience something. An example of this is Squirrel skydiving:
Not many people get to do this. A it is expensive and B it is dangerous.
We were asked to talk with our partners and share a non-normative life event. I was lost. What have I done in my life that the majority of others haven't experienced. I couldn't think of anything. I have led a pretty typical life. My family has gone on vacations to California, the Black Hills, Colorado, Duluth. I have gone to school, played an instrument, performed in school plays, participated in 4-H. What have I done in my life that the majority of others haven't experienced.
I thought, "well I've gone to Nigeria but others have gone to Nigeria. Wait, we're in northwest Iowa where no one ever leaves. So my trip to Nigeria would be a Midwest non-normative."
What if I hadn't of gone to Nigeria what else would've constituted as a non-normative life event. Nothing really. But don't get me wrong. My life thus far has been amazing. I don't think that our lives have to be filled with non-normative events just to make them interesting. Perhaps it is those boring events that everybody is involved in that brings us closer to our self-realization of who we are and what we are called to become. I believe that we all have a normative life event that defines who we are as individuals and that my friends is the gift of life that Jesus Christ gave us.
We were asked to talk with our partners and share a non-normative life event. I was lost. What have I done in my life that the majority of others haven't experienced. I couldn't think of anything. I have led a pretty typical life. My family has gone on vacations to California, the Black Hills, Colorado, Duluth. I have gone to school, played an instrument, performed in school plays, participated in 4-H. What have I done in my life that the majority of others haven't experienced.
I thought, "well I've gone to Nigeria but others have gone to Nigeria. Wait, we're in northwest Iowa where no one ever leaves. So my trip to Nigeria would be a Midwest non-normative."
What if I hadn't of gone to Nigeria what else would've constituted as a non-normative life event. Nothing really. But don't get me wrong. My life thus far has been amazing. I don't think that our lives have to be filled with non-normative events just to make them interesting. Perhaps it is those boring events that everybody is involved in that brings us closer to our self-realization of who we are and what we are called to become. I believe that we all have a normative life event that defines who we are as individuals and that my friends is the gift of life that Jesus Christ gave us.