I do believe that at San Jose State we have many sets of group norms that all students follow every day that they are on campus. By knowing some of the group norms at State we can also see how our place at the school is clearly shown. For example, 7th street parking garage. The first 2 floors are only for employees and no student can or does park there (unless you want a $60 ticket!) The people of UPD enforce that this norm is kept in place by walking and checking all stickers on the cars (no matter how good you think you hid your car, they'll find it!) Also another norm I can see would be using the schools gym. In order to get past the front desk you must present you ID card to be scanned. If you don't have an ID they don't care. You will be denied access for the time until you can show valid school ID. That is just some of the many norms State has.
On my cheerleading team (sorry I use them a lot only because i spend so much time with them) we have set norms that everyone follows without question. From the simple show up to every game, practice or event to having no show socks and clean uniform all the time. We no team means all of us and when one person doesn't hold up to the norms we suffer as a team. For example, this past weekend we went to the University of Nevada, Reno for the men's basketball game. One of the girls didn't bring her warm up jacket, therefor we all weren't able to wear it. We weren't mad, she knew she had messed up, but we knew that the result would be everyone has to stay in uniform for pregame. One girl forgets something and the whole team suffers.
I believe more the knowing to adapt you must know what you are getting into before you start. I knew cheerleading was a long term commitment. Norms are created all the time and you just do it because when your on a team you have 24 other people that rely on you to make good choices.
I like the example you used for your team and can relate because I myself am on a team and know how many norms a team can have. I like how you used the example of everyone having to be the same( looking the same). A norm of our team is everyone has to look the same when we travel so we all have to wear the exact same thing. I think this is a norm for many teams because it represents unity. The only difference is when someone does not wear the right thing we are punished individually rather than a team as if you girls are.
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