Socialization Mask Essay Something many people take for granted on a day to day basis is socialization. Its something we tend to not pay much attention to as it has been happening all our lives and is almost like the act of breathing, where we don’t really think about it. We can be affected in different ways because of race gender or even age which is out of our control.It is so important for us as humans some studies even show when not socialized at younger ages those kids may not know how to act or even talk. Socialization isn't just something humans do, it happens with animals as well they can even have different behavioral traits then normally studied in that species if raised by another one. It is such an interesting thing to think about so its so cool that this is what we get a chance to focus on for a couple weeks. It would be a bit too difficult to choose just one agent of socialization to focus on. I'll be talking about the ones I feel have had the biggest impact on me and being socialized. I've been socialized by many things. We all have, and it’s crazy to think about when you get down to thinking about all of the possible things we could and have been affected by. So I will be writing about many things such as Media, Family, Friends and a small bit about religion. Such as with the Media I grew up watching TV and cartoons but still always wanted to be outside. I used to always go to the pool or play at the park with friends and my older brother. I wasn't just always glued to a screen of some sort and been forced to go outside as I still wanted to go away from the tv screen. This is unlike a lot of younger kids now in this day in age. I feel this really has had an effect on me now as a teen because I have found social media but I still enjoy hanging out with friends outside and I feel that has transferred from when I was younger and always wanting to be outside. Now getting into social media it's a whole different story then just watching TV, most people immediately see things like Instagram as a bad thing. For me personally I've had really good experiences with it and posting my art for feedback and just to share it with people and I've also made plenty of friends though this site. This falls under the art symbol as well as the Instagram logo. A Big part of how I've been socialized has also always been family and this is especially true with my mom as she raised me and I learned most things from example from her. She raised me and still is helping me grow as a person. This is represented by the flower at the top of my mask. I wanted to add more to the flower to represent more of my family and just have more meaning to this part of my mask. It was a third eye in the middle of the flower, my family has always been a part of something or having things happen that aren't exactly explainable by science. Personally, me and my mom and a lot of my family we are kinda close to, believe that there is something “paranormal” out there as the best way to phrase it. It has definitely had an effect on my socialization as far as my beliefs go. As an example, I definitely believe in the paranormal from how I was raised. I feel beliefs can play a larger part in the bigger picture because that's what we will tend to circle back to. These were only some of the things I have been socialized by through out my life so far. It’s honestly such an amazing and interesting thing to think about. You never really realize how much of an affect people, and things around you have until you take a second to think about it. This project was such a good opportunity to look into socialization and how much we as humans are affected by it.
Project description The objective of this assignment was to learn and think about how we have been socialized and how much we are affected by the things around us. We did many assignments leading up to the main project for socialization. We needed to learn about how it happens and even the different views from what we were thinking. Put in different situations and seeing how we would answer compared to what we were just saying before the situation was given to us. An example would be when we were asked “ If a crazy mad scientist took you and another person and swapped your brains which body would you want to give the million dollars to and which one to get tortured?” It made us think about what identity really was and if its physical properties, or mental that make you who you are. We also did a project on “The Ship of Theseus” and how if you slowly replace the broken boards over the years is it still the same ship? Or is it even the same ship after you replace just one board? To try and counteract what some people were thinking we were asked, “What if you took all of the original boards and built the ship exactly the same which one is the true ship of Theseus?” We also did many other assignments that really made us think and helped prepare us for the mask project. Project Effort I feel I put a lot of effort into this project as this was really fun for me especially with being able to design and paint a mask. I put a lot of effort into it all but made sure to not stress myself out with trying to make everything perfect. I made sure to manage my time to make sure I could get the painting done at school. This was because I knew I could easily work on my essay at home if needed. I felt that I could have probably asked for more help with my essay but didn't want to bother if I didn't feel it was necessary. I did ask for advice from a friend but I feel I could have asked for more help. This is really the main thing I feel I could have pushed myself to do to help improve. I wouldn't say I gave up anytime during the project but if I needed a break from one part, I would work on the other. I tried to make it a point to get work done even if just jotting down random ideas to help thinking flow. If I felt there would be more time to get little details done I know I very well could have. Say with the mask I could have refined the black lines and made certain colors more filled in. Id say overall im pretty happy with how it came out. The essay i'm also pretty satisfied with, so overall I take pride in the work I've done for this project. Personal Growth and Development This project has been absolutely amazing and honestly has had me thinking a lot about the world around us just on an everyday basis. Learning about socialization has been interesting as it ends up being something you think about when choosing who you hang out with. An example of this for me would be thinking about someone who I was close with. Just thinking if they are really a good influence for me and how they are indeed socializing me. I have an absolutely amazing friend now (Za) who has been an example of someone who is a great person and friend.