Mask project
Mask and essay project:
I thought this project was very fun! I enjoyed learning about socialization and how I have been socialized as a teen or woman. I also liked the Exhibition we had it was so much fun especially seeing others masks and essays! I think this project is good to learn about and I think everyone should learn about this. They can learn how they have been socialized as individuals. So I really liked this project!
Jennifer Silva
Fitting In or Not Fitting in!
Socialization is very important, but you might ask yourself, What is socialization? Well it is the process of learning one's culture and how they live with in it. There are lots of things that socialize us like gender, religion, age, race, class, and sexual orientation, and the media affects a lot of those things. So I will be analyzing how the media has affected my gender and age, in a negative way, throughout this paper.
First of all my gender has socialized me, as a woman, to do house work. Ever since I was a kid my mom taught me to clean or do house work, and it is true women do house work all the time. For example a woman named Annie Dillard , an American author, admits: “ I spend far more time on housework than anything else.” In many T.V. shows and movies they show woman doing house work all the time and most mothers are always teaching their daughters to clean too. For example, I read about how in some poor places there are girls who don't go to school just to stay home and cook and clean with their mom’s while the boys go to school! It makes sense but they should try to do other things too. So that is how gender has socialized me.
Next the media has socialized my age by displaying movies and T.V. shows where they present girls being mature and responsible and being perfect or having perfect bodies. In the movie Mean Girls the main three girls are the perfect ones and do whatever they want and rule their grade. Some girls get pressured to be someone they are not or to be popular just to fit in or not be alone! I am one of those people who is very shy and I don't have many friend’s, but I don't care what others think of me, and I think that people shouldn't worry about that. So therefore the media shows a lot of things that people shouldn't worry about and we should ignore those things! Its what's on the inside that matters!
As children get older and older they start to notice popularity or become popular and they realize it is a big deal. There is song called Cool Kids and in one part it says, “I wish that I could be like to cool kids, cuz all the cool kids they seem to fit in.” and that is how some people feel, they think that if your not cool or popular they don't fit in and in most situations it is true. Popularity shouldn't matter and in my school, Animas high school, you don't really notice popularity. Everyone is themselves and are not afraid to be different and that is what I like about this school. So that is how I have been socialized as a teenager
So there are so many things that socialize us and the media is a big one,the media is controlling our life and we shouldn't let that happen. I think the media should stop sending messages to people about being popular to fit in or to be “perfect” because it causes a lot of problems. For example, there are so many girls that worry so much about their appearance, to fit in, that they become anorexic, which is horrible, especially if they become anorexic at a very young age. So in conclusion we should stand up for ourselves, be who we want to be, act how we want to act, and look how we want to look, none of that should matter. I think girls should take off their “masks” that they use just to fit in, and be themselves!
So my mask represents the mask girls put on just to fit in with everyone else. For example all the make up on the mask like the mascara,eye liner,lip stick...represent how girls put on makeup or dress a certain way just because the media says its the new style. The words on the head band represent how the media has told them to be and that is how they start to think about themselves like being skinny,pretty or popular. So that is my mask and what it represents!
1.
Mask: What are you most proud of about your mask? Why?
I like the whole thing like how I decided to add the make up and add the wig it is cool.
1. Quote: Quote the section of your essay that you are most proud of and describe, in detail, why you are proud of it.
I like how I mentioned the cool kids song, “ I wish that I could be like the cook kids cuz all the cool kids they seen to fit in.”because it is very true. Even the artist wrote the song to make that point.
1. Biggest Take-away: What will you remember from this project? Why?
I will remember the mask because it is how girls have been socialized or at least most of them.
I will also remember the essay because I figured out how I have been socialized
1. Habit of Heart and Mind: Which habit of heart and mind do you need to work on in your next project to get better at Project Based Learning? Why do you need to improve and how that Habit of Heart and Mind will help you?
refinement, I didn't give my best effort on my mask I could have done better, i'll try to improve on that.
Mask: What are you most proud of about your mask? Why?
I like the whole thing like how I decided to add the make up and add the wig it is cool.
1. Quote: Quote the section of your essay that you are most proud of and describe, in detail, why you are proud of it.
I like how I mentioned the cool kids song, “ I wish that I could be like the cook kids cuz all the cool kids they seen to fit in.”because it is very true. Even the artist wrote the song to make that point.
1. Biggest Take-away: What will you remember from this project? Why?
I will remember the mask because it is how girls have been socialized or at least most of them.
I will also remember the essay because I figured out how I have been socialized
1. Habit of Heart and Mind: Which habit of heart and mind do you need to work on in your next project to get better at Project Based Learning? Why do you need to improve and how that Habit of Heart and Mind will help you?
refinement, I didn't give my best effort on my mask I could have done better, i'll try to improve on that.