The Mask Project
Project Reflection
The mask project was about how we see society shaping us as people. During this project I learned how society changes people in positive ways and negative ways. During class we studied some physiology academic content such as Body Theory and Memory Theory, “The Metamorphosis” by Kafka, and the Persistence of Identity (The Ship of Theseus Paradox). We took notes in class on Sociology Academic Content such as nonmaterial and material culture, subculture and counterculture, and the Looking Glass Self Implicit vs Explicit. The task for this project was to study the academic content we learned in class and use it to make our essay about the ways society shapes us. We also made masks for our project, we molded them ourselves, sanded them, and then designed them. We designed them to look like how we thought society was shaping us.
During this project I really understood what I wanted to do on my mask but I was really struggling finding out what I wanted to talk about on my essay. Most of time we had to work on this project I worked on my mask instead of working on my essay because just the idea of starting it overwhelmed me. I had no problem starting the first paragraph of my essay but I got stuck on the second paragraph for a few weeks. I should have pushed myself to look back at our notes from class and use them to help me know what I wanted to talk about. I did go out of my comfort zone a little bit talking about my personal experience on how my guardians raised me but I do think it made a good impact on my essay. Throughout the project I didn’t talk to stephan a lot about what I needed help on specifically. I did ask for help every now and then for quick small questions about my mask and essay. Most of the time I just communicated with my friend Jamie on what her opinion was on my mask or essay. I advocated with my classmate Jamie by switching our essays and we would give each other feedback.
I did not give up on this project although there were certain moments where I felt like this topic was beyond me and I wanted to give up and I would just take whatever grade. Toward the last three weeks was when I really focused on my essay and pushed through to get it done and make sure that I was happy with what I had written. I feel like I refined my essay very well because I had a full page written and after I read it I went back through and deleted all the parts that I didn’t want in my essay and I started over. Not only did I start my essay over but I also read it over and over again, once it was finished I edited it and shortened the sentences then made sure everything made sense. I also saw things that would be easier to understand if I explained them a little more so I went back and explained what I was meaning to say. Now that I have refined my essay I feel pretty good on turning it in.
As a student this project gave me a better sense of writing essays. In middle school we would write essays accept we would just write them based off of facts that we read about out of a textbook, at Animas I realised that I actually had an opinion about what I was writing and I actually had to think deeply and that was very different from middle school. I talked to my parents about what their opinions were on how they thought society affected us, changed us and shaped us as a person. My parents honestly helped me get really great opinions about what a different generation thought about this topic. As a human this project really made me think about society in ways I never would have if we hadn’t done this project. I definitely have a new perspective on how I am being shaped as a person and I have realised that I really need to not let everything I learn in our Society affect me.
During this project I really understood what I wanted to do on my mask but I was really struggling finding out what I wanted to talk about on my essay. Most of time we had to work on this project I worked on my mask instead of working on my essay because just the idea of starting it overwhelmed me. I had no problem starting the first paragraph of my essay but I got stuck on the second paragraph for a few weeks. I should have pushed myself to look back at our notes from class and use them to help me know what I wanted to talk about. I did go out of my comfort zone a little bit talking about my personal experience on how my guardians raised me but I do think it made a good impact on my essay. Throughout the project I didn’t talk to stephan a lot about what I needed help on specifically. I did ask for help every now and then for quick small questions about my mask and essay. Most of the time I just communicated with my friend Jamie on what her opinion was on my mask or essay. I advocated with my classmate Jamie by switching our essays and we would give each other feedback.
I did not give up on this project although there were certain moments where I felt like this topic was beyond me and I wanted to give up and I would just take whatever grade. Toward the last three weeks was when I really focused on my essay and pushed through to get it done and make sure that I was happy with what I had written. I feel like I refined my essay very well because I had a full page written and after I read it I went back through and deleted all the parts that I didn’t want in my essay and I started over. Not only did I start my essay over but I also read it over and over again, once it was finished I edited it and shortened the sentences then made sure everything made sense. I also saw things that would be easier to understand if I explained them a little more so I went back and explained what I was meaning to say. Now that I have refined my essay I feel pretty good on turning it in.
As a student this project gave me a better sense of writing essays. In middle school we would write essays accept we would just write them based off of facts that we read about out of a textbook, at Animas I realised that I actually had an opinion about what I was writing and I actually had to think deeply and that was very different from middle school. I talked to my parents about what their opinions were on how they thought society affected us, changed us and shaped us as a person. My parents honestly helped me get really great opinions about what a different generation thought about this topic. As a human this project really made me think about society in ways I never would have if we hadn’t done this project. I definitely have a new perspective on how I am being shaped as a person and I have realised that I really need to not let everything I learn in our Society affect me.