Truth of War Project
Explanatory Essay
Creative Work
Project Reflection: This project did not go well for me to say the least. When we started it I felt very confident and motivated but as I was having trouble deciding what to create, my effort and motivation started to slip. A lot of the time when I would go to work on my project I would pull it up and either stare at it for a while or do something else. I spent most of my time working on the explanatory essay since I would tell myself my creative piece is only a drawing and that I can do it really quickly (which was wrong). Overall not many things went really well during this project but I do feel I learned a lot more than it may show in my work.
My largest take away from this project is defiantly the knowledge I gained about the Tenth Mountain Division and the Riva Ridge Operation. I'm happy that I finally know more about them since I've known of them and thought highly of them for a long time. I wouldn't say I'm proud of my work from this project and I hope I do better on the next one.
My largest take away from this project is defiantly the knowledge I gained about the Tenth Mountain Division and the Riva Ridge Operation. I'm happy that I finally know more about them since I've known of them and thought highly of them for a long time. I wouldn't say I'm proud of my work from this project and I hope I do better on the next one.
The Mask Project
Project Description: We looked at lots of key sociology content to gain knowledge for this project. We looked at two important writings from Bobby Harro, The Cycle of Socialization and The Cycle of Liberation. We also watched some really interesting documentaries leading up to the assignment. We watched The Mask You Live In which is about the socialization of boys and their masculinity. We also watched Miss Representations which is about sexism and how women are represented in the media. For our final project, we had to write an essay about a sociology concept or topic of our choice. We also had to make a mask showing either the mask you wear each day or showing your identity and how you were socialized.
Project Effort: I didn’t stretch myself as much academically as I did with my stress level during this project. I did push myself a lot to come up with an idea for my mask that I was passionate about, and I did, so I’m happy and proud of that. I procrastinated a lot with my essay and stressed myself out. I definitely settled for the easy way with my essay just because I mostly wrote it in the last week of the project and didn’t do my best work. Towards the end of the project, I would advocate for myself more than I would at the beginning. If we were working on something really important I would ask Stephen for help but if I thought it wasn’t very important or interesting I would never ask for help. I never advocated for my classmates during this project I was usually focused on what I was doing.
I persevered quite a bit throughout this project. Mostly in coming up with an idea for my essay, one of the most challenging aspects of the project for me. I didn’t persevere very much when writing my essay, there were so many times that I just wanted to give up and I did a lot of the time. But sometimes especially later in the project I would persevere and get my work done. I definitely gave up on my work easily, I had a hard time sticking through and working through difficulty. My mask was very refined, I put a lot of effort into it and I’m proud of the final product. I am proud of my essay, but it is not my most refined work, I would have liked to put more effort and make it much more refined.
Personal Growth and Development: This project impacted me in so many ways. I would say the biggest way is how my perspective on almost everything has changed. Now I will think about each way one phrase or action that I’ll see or hear can socialize people. Since this project, I’m also much more conscious of what I say to people. I do my best to not throw the “B” or “P” word around as much because I know all the ways that affects people. I’ve developed these new ways of thinking from all the content we looked but I think about on particular documentary a lot. Which is The Mask You Live In that documentary really impacted the ways I think and interpret ideas and phrases people will say to me or others.
Project Effort: I didn’t stretch myself as much academically as I did with my stress level during this project. I did push myself a lot to come up with an idea for my mask that I was passionate about, and I did, so I’m happy and proud of that. I procrastinated a lot with my essay and stressed myself out. I definitely settled for the easy way with my essay just because I mostly wrote it in the last week of the project and didn’t do my best work. Towards the end of the project, I would advocate for myself more than I would at the beginning. If we were working on something really important I would ask Stephen for help but if I thought it wasn’t very important or interesting I would never ask for help. I never advocated for my classmates during this project I was usually focused on what I was doing.
I persevered quite a bit throughout this project. Mostly in coming up with an idea for my essay, one of the most challenging aspects of the project for me. I didn’t persevere very much when writing my essay, there were so many times that I just wanted to give up and I did a lot of the time. But sometimes especially later in the project I would persevere and get my work done. I definitely gave up on my work easily, I had a hard time sticking through and working through difficulty. My mask was very refined, I put a lot of effort into it and I’m proud of the final product. I am proud of my essay, but it is not my most refined work, I would have liked to put more effort and make it much more refined.
Personal Growth and Development: This project impacted me in so many ways. I would say the biggest way is how my perspective on almost everything has changed. Now I will think about each way one phrase or action that I’ll see or hear can socialize people. Since this project, I’m also much more conscious of what I say to people. I do my best to not throw the “B” or “P” word around as much because I know all the ways that affects people. I’ve developed these new ways of thinking from all the content we looked but I think about on particular documentary a lot. Which is The Mask You Live In that documentary really impacted the ways I think and interpret ideas and phrases people will say to me or others.