Mask Project
Mask Essay
How come we put on these masks to hide our identities and what we are feeling ? People lead everyone to believe we are strong, nice, funny, mean, and fearless. When really we could be scared, mean, angry, self-conscious, nice, and lonely. A lot of people make an image for themselves that they want others to see. Sometimes you make these images without even know it. It's hard to realize you are doing this and why you might be. Not many people let down these images or masks and let people see what they're really like or feeling.
Everyone is socialized in many different ways, and by many people. There are many things in our lives that socialize use to be who we are. That includes our environment where we live and the people we surround ourselves with like friends and family. I feel like I have been socialized to be a strong person who doesn't let anything hurt them and I to make it through everything without feeling anything. To support this I have made this image for myself that explains those things in depth, but along with that image, I have created this though acting strong, mean, and pretending I don't care about anything. I have been wearing this mask or persona for so long that everyone believes it and thinks that is who I am. Even though in my heart I know that I'm not and that I can be hurt, but nobody sees that because I have made this image for myself.
For this project when we got the assignment I was thinking if this fall under socialization. Until halfway through the first month of doing research, I wasn't connecting with this project, but then we watched a video called “The Mask You Live In”. I thought this movie was very true for both genders not just one even though it focused more on how this affects men and boys. At one point in the video, a teacher had his students all sit down and they were given a piece of paper. On the paper, there was a blank shape on the front side. He asked them to write down what they believe others see them. A lot of them wrote down nice, strong, fearless , he had them flip it over and told them on the other side to write down what they might be feeling that they don't let anyone else see. Some of the answers were lonely, angry, and sad. This video addressed it more from the male perspective but this is a think a lot of people face.
To figure out if my peers feel like they have made a mask or image for themselves that others see and they don't feel is themselves. I feel like I would have been able to go deeper into this if I had pulled my peers into a different room to ask them a set of questions surrounding this, but I feel like I got some good answer by asking “Do you think you have put on this mask or image for yourself that you lead others to believe is who you are?” I went around to some of my peers to ask them this question. A lot of my peers said that they feel like it depends on who they are with that they do this. Like when they are around close friends they feel like they didn't do this, but when at school they felt like they did this more.
Everyone is socialized in many different ways, and by many people. There are many things in our lives that socialize use to be who we are. That includes our environment where we live and the people we surround ourselves with like friends and family. I feel like I have been socialized to be a strong person who doesn't let anything hurt them and I to make it through everything without feeling anything. To support this I have made this image for myself that explains those things in depth, but along with that image, I have created this though acting strong, mean, and pretending I don't care about anything. I have been wearing this mask or persona for so long that everyone believes it and thinks that is who I am. Even though in my heart I know that I'm not and that I can be hurt, but nobody sees that because I have made this image for myself.
For this project when we got the assignment I was thinking if this fall under socialization. Until halfway through the first month of doing research, I wasn't connecting with this project, but then we watched a video called “The Mask You Live In”. I thought this movie was very true for both genders not just one even though it focused more on how this affects men and boys. At one point in the video, a teacher had his students all sit down and they were given a piece of paper. On the paper, there was a blank shape on the front side. He asked them to write down what they believe others see them. A lot of them wrote down nice, strong, fearless , he had them flip it over and told them on the other side to write down what they might be feeling that they don't let anyone else see. Some of the answers were lonely, angry, and sad. This video addressed it more from the male perspective but this is a think a lot of people face.
To figure out if my peers feel like they have made a mask or image for themselves that others see and they don't feel is themselves. I feel like I would have been able to go deeper into this if I had pulled my peers into a different room to ask them a set of questions surrounding this, but I feel like I got some good answer by asking “Do you think you have put on this mask or image for yourself that you lead others to believe is who you are?” I went around to some of my peers to ask them this question. A lot of my peers said that they feel like it depends on who they are with that they do this. Like when they are around close friends they feel like they didn't do this, but when at school they felt like they did this more.
Project Reflection
For this project we were tasked with learning what socialization was, figuring out how we had been socialized, write an essay about socialization, and make a socialization mask. To start this project we started to learn about socialization and what it really was. We began with a few articles and videos about socialization. Stephen approached this in a discreet was because as we were learning it i didn't realize how much I was learning. Once we had a little background knowledge we started to create our masks. We came into creating our masks not really knowing what we were doing, but i feel like if you put the effort in to making you mask look good and refined you could have a really good final product. After we had made the first step of our masks no refinement done. Our class went back to doing research about what socialization was through this research I feel I figured out how i had been socialized. I don't know if other students feel like they figured this out during this project. When we started our final essays we were also starting to work on our masks again. I feel like I could have used better time management during these steps because i worked really hard on making my mask look the best it could and then i started working on my essay. I feel like my essay was not the longest i could have been but i feel it really went into detail about what I personally had really learned from this project. After I had my essay and mask done I started working on a second mask to make.
I feel in this project I left my comfort zone a lot, but I feel I left it the most during the essays. Before in school, I have always been given a template and teachers have said to do it a certain way. In this essay we were given a lot of freedom to make it our own. I was uncertain about my essay because I had gone into a lot of personal detail I thought even though it was short. I advocated for myself while reading to kill a Mockingbird. I was not connecting with the book and thought that it would be better if I read something else. So I talked to Stephen and he suggested I tried reading Mexican Whiteboy. I feel like in different parts of this project I definitely persevered more than other. While making our masks I persevered and made a final product I was proud of but while doing background research I feel like I wasn't putting in much effort. I think my masks were really refined and I was proud of the effort I had put into them, but I feel like I could have refined my essay more.
This project made me grow as both a student and as a person. I learned new things about how every action you take is shaping and socializing you and the people around you. I developed a skill to notice key socialization factors and how they change a person. I found that everyone is socialized differently and that you might not understand what they are trying to do.
I feel in this project I left my comfort zone a lot, but I feel I left it the most during the essays. Before in school, I have always been given a template and teachers have said to do it a certain way. In this essay we were given a lot of freedom to make it our own. I was uncertain about my essay because I had gone into a lot of personal detail I thought even though it was short. I advocated for myself while reading to kill a Mockingbird. I was not connecting with the book and thought that it would be better if I read something else. So I talked to Stephen and he suggested I tried reading Mexican Whiteboy. I feel like in different parts of this project I definitely persevered more than other. While making our masks I persevered and made a final product I was proud of but while doing background research I feel like I wasn't putting in much effort. I think my masks were really refined and I was proud of the effort I had put into them, but I feel like I could have refined my essay more.
This project made me grow as both a student and as a person. I learned new things about how every action you take is shaping and socializing you and the people around you. I developed a skill to notice key socialization factors and how they change a person. I found that everyone is socialized differently and that you might not understand what they are trying to do.