To Kill a mockingbird Seminar reflection
The main points covered in the socratic seminar were race, sex, and social class. These were the most occuring due to how the book relates to these topics the most. We mostly covered how Scout and Jem were socialized to believe certain things. We touched on the fact that scout is evolving a lot throughout the entire book, she begins to start questioning herself a number of times such as when Jem tells her to stop being such a girl, yet in other instances she is told to act more like a girl when she does something to break that stereotype. Race was also a large portion of the topic while we covered how where you grow up can drastically change your opinion on how your supposed to act. One more topic that was more briefly cover was how Arthur Radley developed through the book and how he helped the plot move alone in many areas like when he gives the kids presents or when he places the blanket on Scout after the house fire.
The most interesting part of the socratic seminar for me was how we touched up on race. Though this is a very broad topic I like all of the ways we sent into them, I think that it's very interesting that when everyone in the class says we, everyone assumes that this means us as the white teenagers. The biggest point on race that I liked the most was how someone said, “It's really not bad at all to see color, you just have to see it as something beautiful not just a stereotypical color.” I really liked this comment because it somewhat shows what Atticus was trying to show his children throughout the book. I like the fact that though the area where they live still use offensive language he is trying to teach them the right thing to do.
Coming into this seminar I wish that I could have some sort of writing piece to base some of my thoughts off of. Though I did finish the book I was confused on some portions of it so I was still unsure of what things were happening at parts. In the beginning of the book I was definitely having a lot of trouble getting into the book so I had to annotate more to make sure that I understood every concept of what was going on. In the end I was still having trouble getting into it but I wasn't really using the annotations because I understood it more. Something difficult with the seminar was staying on useful topics that were more focused around the book, though I did like getting deeper into the other topics I wish that we could have revolved them around the main topics. What I enjoyed about it was everyone's different opinions and how they contributed to the conversation. For our next seminar I would like to focus more on the concerning topics and get deeper into them.
I feel like this book definitely does matter especially in this society. It focuses a lot on many topics that are very important for kids our age to learn about. A lot of kids joke about things like racism and sexism because it seems to be something that seems to keep occuring so this is our way of handling it. This book also shows that it is ok to be seen as different. Though throughout the book scout does get hated on for acting too ladylike or not enough she continues to act how she wants for a large portion of the book
The most interesting part of the socratic seminar for me was how we touched up on race. Though this is a very broad topic I like all of the ways we sent into them, I think that it's very interesting that when everyone in the class says we, everyone assumes that this means us as the white teenagers. The biggest point on race that I liked the most was how someone said, “It's really not bad at all to see color, you just have to see it as something beautiful not just a stereotypical color.” I really liked this comment because it somewhat shows what Atticus was trying to show his children throughout the book. I like the fact that though the area where they live still use offensive language he is trying to teach them the right thing to do.
Coming into this seminar I wish that I could have some sort of writing piece to base some of my thoughts off of. Though I did finish the book I was confused on some portions of it so I was still unsure of what things were happening at parts. In the beginning of the book I was definitely having a lot of trouble getting into the book so I had to annotate more to make sure that I understood every concept of what was going on. In the end I was still having trouble getting into it but I wasn't really using the annotations because I understood it more. Something difficult with the seminar was staying on useful topics that were more focused around the book, though I did like getting deeper into the other topics I wish that we could have revolved them around the main topics. What I enjoyed about it was everyone's different opinions and how they contributed to the conversation. For our next seminar I would like to focus more on the concerning topics and get deeper into them.
I feel like this book definitely does matter especially in this society. It focuses a lot on many topics that are very important for kids our age to learn about. A lot of kids joke about things like racism and sexism because it seems to be something that seems to keep occuring so this is our way of handling it. This book also shows that it is ok to be seen as different. Though throughout the book scout does get hated on for acting too ladylike or not enough she continues to act how she wants for a large portion of the book
The Mask Project
The Masks We Wear
As a teenager in modern society, I have been conditioned to believe certain things. Growing up, society taught me the proper way to act, dress based on my gender, what emotions to feel, what amount I was allowed to express myself, and many other norms that I was supposed to fit into.The article How Boys And Girls Are Socialized discusses how common this idea is in our society, stating that, “socialization takes place from earliest childhood through adolescence and throughout all social interactions in which we participate.” As part of this culture and the socialization that it uses so heavily, I have been trained to just accept that men are “better” and women are “inferior”, that race determines your social and economic class and age sets in stone how you are supposed to act one way or another. These are all things that come into our daily lives as a natural. With all of these determining factors it is hard to be yourself without being seen as different, wrong or weird. When uniqueness is seen as a bad thing, it makes it even easier to hide yourself.
Women are expected to fit in with many standards. We must wear dresses, long hair is better, and all women are too emotional. These stereotypes come from society that teaches people that they are true. “Young boys and girls learn about the ways in which they should act and look, according to their gender, from their peers and family. It is thought that a man should be strong and muscular and that girls are to always look pretty and put together. These things that are socialized at a young age affect boys’ and girls’ physical health, and the parents usually have the most control in what is being modeled to the children.” As stated by Madison Day in the article, The Effects of Gender Socialization on Men and Women. Daily society makes everyone question themselves in a non positive way. It forces us to ask ourselves; should we hide our true selves to conform to the stereotypical judgments of everyday life? Our peers, family, and general surroundings show us who we are supposed to be, and we are left to decide is we fit that mold.
As a female, my gender is constantly represented in the media as perfect, skinny and flawless. Due to this misrepresentation, women often have negative body images when they don't look like the perfect edited girls that they see in the media, even though there is nothing wrong with them. The perpetuation of these typical gender roles has created many stereotypes that continue to affect women and men in their everyday lives. Daily events like sports support these gender roles and help sustain this idea of socialization . When people say things like, “wow you just got beat by a girl,” or, “You’re a girl, you can't play this sport”, it fosters a society that underestimates what women can do and portrays “being a girl” as a negative thing. The fact that people are so blinded by society that they won't accept what girls can do shows how big of a n influence socialization has on the opinions of society. When you are young, you are more likely to be yourself, but as socialization and society start to become a bigger part of your life, so do the stereotypes and need to conform.
I think that as a kid, you don’t experience the constant fear of judgement that is created as you grow. Depending on your race or social class, or other identities, awareness of this judgment can be more prominent. Your self image can majorly deteriorate as you try to fit into society. Though many pretend that the stereotypes caused by race and social class are not there they continue to grow every day while others support them. The more we grow the more we see discrimination in everyday life. “For many decades people have been using race as a way to classify humans into different social categories. ” From the essay Race Vs Social Class.
Social class is a large portion of why people discriminate and stereotype. Through socialization supports this society lets it happen every day. “It is frequent that people living in the United States prefer to think that we are a nation that no longer has social classes, that all people are much better off than they were one hundred years ago. When the various social classes are acknowledged, people often prefer to overlook the inequalities that accompany them.” From the essay Social Class in the United States. Many think that the stereotypes society creates disappear daily, while others support the discrimination and continue to let it happen.
Though all of these issues are current and frequent, as a culture we tend to ignore them. As it is, if we want to be free of judgement we must change ourselves to be able to fit in. This idea of socialization has been allowed to grow into something that controls how we live our lives because the ideals that it instills in our society are projected onto others within that same society. It has become a cycle of teaching generations to think the same way and to be the same standard person. Socialization encourages a community of copies, not individuals. If we want to move away from this, we need to learn to say no to what society tells us is normal, and therefor right, to do. Learning that just because someone else is doing something doesn't mean that it’s the proper thing to do, and conditioning others to think the same is the first step to a world full of authenticity. Redefining the concept of socialization and changing the standards that it encourages to something that celebrates individuality and diversity is how we make that world a reality.
Mask Paragraph
For my mask I really wanted to focus on the fact that society sensors us and doesnt speak out. I decided to show color on the inside of yourself and you can express yourself, only in small little ways. While everyone puts on a mask whether it be to fit in or to just hide a certain amount of yourself we all use them. I decided to focus on how everyone ignores everyday issues and how we never let ourselves see what's really going on. I covered the eyes with black, smeared paint. While many people don't allow themselves to accept these issues others just don't do anything about it. I also really wanted to show how we don't allow ourselves to talk about these issues by covering the mouth with strips, I also made it look like the strips had blood on them to show how doing this slowly hurts us.
As a teenager in modern society, I have been conditioned to believe certain things. Growing up, society taught me the proper way to act, dress based on my gender, what emotions to feel, what amount I was allowed to express myself, and many other norms that I was supposed to fit into.The article How Boys And Girls Are Socialized discusses how common this idea is in our society, stating that, “socialization takes place from earliest childhood through adolescence and throughout all social interactions in which we participate.” As part of this culture and the socialization that it uses so heavily, I have been trained to just accept that men are “better” and women are “inferior”, that race determines your social and economic class and age sets in stone how you are supposed to act one way or another. These are all things that come into our daily lives as a natural. With all of these determining factors it is hard to be yourself without being seen as different, wrong or weird. When uniqueness is seen as a bad thing, it makes it even easier to hide yourself.
Women are expected to fit in with many standards. We must wear dresses, long hair is better, and all women are too emotional. These stereotypes come from society that teaches people that they are true. “Young boys and girls learn about the ways in which they should act and look, according to their gender, from their peers and family. It is thought that a man should be strong and muscular and that girls are to always look pretty and put together. These things that are socialized at a young age affect boys’ and girls’ physical health, and the parents usually have the most control in what is being modeled to the children.” As stated by Madison Day in the article, The Effects of Gender Socialization on Men and Women. Daily society makes everyone question themselves in a non positive way. It forces us to ask ourselves; should we hide our true selves to conform to the stereotypical judgments of everyday life? Our peers, family, and general surroundings show us who we are supposed to be, and we are left to decide is we fit that mold.
As a female, my gender is constantly represented in the media as perfect, skinny and flawless. Due to this misrepresentation, women often have negative body images when they don't look like the perfect edited girls that they see in the media, even though there is nothing wrong with them. The perpetuation of these typical gender roles has created many stereotypes that continue to affect women and men in their everyday lives. Daily events like sports support these gender roles and help sustain this idea of socialization . When people say things like, “wow you just got beat by a girl,” or, “You’re a girl, you can't play this sport”, it fosters a society that underestimates what women can do and portrays “being a girl” as a negative thing. The fact that people are so blinded by society that they won't accept what girls can do shows how big of a n influence socialization has on the opinions of society. When you are young, you are more likely to be yourself, but as socialization and society start to become a bigger part of your life, so do the stereotypes and need to conform.
I think that as a kid, you don’t experience the constant fear of judgement that is created as you grow. Depending on your race or social class, or other identities, awareness of this judgment can be more prominent. Your self image can majorly deteriorate as you try to fit into society. Though many pretend that the stereotypes caused by race and social class are not there they continue to grow every day while others support them. The more we grow the more we see discrimination in everyday life. “For many decades people have been using race as a way to classify humans into different social categories. ” From the essay Race Vs Social Class.
Social class is a large portion of why people discriminate and stereotype. Through socialization supports this society lets it happen every day. “It is frequent that people living in the United States prefer to think that we are a nation that no longer has social classes, that all people are much better off than they were one hundred years ago. When the various social classes are acknowledged, people often prefer to overlook the inequalities that accompany them.” From the essay Social Class in the United States. Many think that the stereotypes society creates disappear daily, while others support the discrimination and continue to let it happen.
Though all of these issues are current and frequent, as a culture we tend to ignore them. As it is, if we want to be free of judgement we must change ourselves to be able to fit in. This idea of socialization has been allowed to grow into something that controls how we live our lives because the ideals that it instills in our society are projected onto others within that same society. It has become a cycle of teaching generations to think the same way and to be the same standard person. Socialization encourages a community of copies, not individuals. If we want to move away from this, we need to learn to say no to what society tells us is normal, and therefor right, to do. Learning that just because someone else is doing something doesn't mean that it’s the proper thing to do, and conditioning others to think the same is the first step to a world full of authenticity. Redefining the concept of socialization and changing the standards that it encourages to something that celebrates individuality and diversity is how we make that world a reality.
Mask Paragraph
For my mask I really wanted to focus on the fact that society sensors us and doesnt speak out. I decided to show color on the inside of yourself and you can express yourself, only in small little ways. While everyone puts on a mask whether it be to fit in or to just hide a certain amount of yourself we all use them. I decided to focus on how everyone ignores everyday issues and how we never let ourselves see what's really going on. I covered the eyes with black, smeared paint. While many people don't allow themselves to accept these issues others just don't do anything about it. I also really wanted to show how we don't allow ourselves to talk about these issues by covering the mouth with strips, I also made it look like the strips had blood on them to show how doing this slowly hurts us.
Mask Project Reflection
For the beginning of the Mask Project we mostly started by learning about the main agents of socialization and how they play such a huge role. Because this is a large area of topics we stayed focused in this for some time. The five main agents of socialization were sports, family, friends, media, and religion. After we understood those we moved onto videos showing things that socialization causes, these were things like “Fotoshop by Adobe” and my “Princess boy”. These were the two videos that I mostly focused on the first one that I watched was making fun out of the fact that women in things like magazines are mostly just photoshopped to look like that. The next vidio that I watched was about a little boy who liked to wear dresses, no one accepted this not even his mother, in the end she embraced her boy and how she should not see him for just the stereotypes that come along with being a male. After we were done with our background knowledge we moved onto our actual project work time during this we got two weeks to work on our masks and essays.
During this project I feel like I handled the responsibilities that came along with it fairly well. My mask was the main thing that I worked on. With my essay I feel like I could have handled the workload in a better way, along with reading the book. While reading the book I could have managed my time in a better way so that I could have spread out the work to make it more manageable. To push myself out of my comfort zone I decided to make two masks the first one I made I spent almost two weeks on. After I was finished with that and I was happy with the work that I had done I decided to make another, I was only able to spend two days on this so I wasn't as comfortable as I was with my last one. With the book I wish that I could have gone deeper with my annotations so that my understanding of the book was better. During the process of writing the essay I was lost with my thesis statement so I decided to ask for help. After that I felt myself connecting with my writing much more. I persevered mostly with my writing. This was due to the fact that I wasn't really connecting to what I was writing. In the end I made about five drafts of my essay until I had a topic that I really liked.In the end of the project I was very happy with what I had made. My two masks were fairly easy for me to make even though I was still happy with how they had ended up. I think that I was most proud of my writing because that I was I put the most time and refinement into.
This project really impacted me mostly as a person but still as a student. The topics that we covered were very deep. I have learned a lot about the stereotypes that race, gender, and social class cause. This was the subject that Was most interested in. I think that my mind has evolved a lot throughout the course of the project. As a student I still think that I learned the more academic portion of the topics that come with this project. I definitely have a new respect for what others go through to be seen as “normal”. Though most are open minded everyone still sees some sort of stereotype no matter what. I definitely tried not to see this but they are still things that press on society daily, so this project has definitely made me grow in a way that doesnt make me not see stereotypes, race, gender, or social class but I see them in a much different and evolved way. When we first started learning about stereotypes I didn't understand them as much all I knew about them were how they are just certain expectations that people see you through based on certain things about yourself.
During this project I feel like I handled the responsibilities that came along with it fairly well. My mask was the main thing that I worked on. With my essay I feel like I could have handled the workload in a better way, along with reading the book. While reading the book I could have managed my time in a better way so that I could have spread out the work to make it more manageable. To push myself out of my comfort zone I decided to make two masks the first one I made I spent almost two weeks on. After I was finished with that and I was happy with the work that I had done I decided to make another, I was only able to spend two days on this so I wasn't as comfortable as I was with my last one. With the book I wish that I could have gone deeper with my annotations so that my understanding of the book was better. During the process of writing the essay I was lost with my thesis statement so I decided to ask for help. After that I felt myself connecting with my writing much more. I persevered mostly with my writing. This was due to the fact that I wasn't really connecting to what I was writing. In the end I made about five drafts of my essay until I had a topic that I really liked.In the end of the project I was very happy with what I had made. My two masks were fairly easy for me to make even though I was still happy with how they had ended up. I think that I was most proud of my writing because that I was I put the most time and refinement into.
This project really impacted me mostly as a person but still as a student. The topics that we covered were very deep. I have learned a lot about the stereotypes that race, gender, and social class cause. This was the subject that Was most interested in. I think that my mind has evolved a lot throughout the course of the project. As a student I still think that I learned the more academic portion of the topics that come with this project. I definitely have a new respect for what others go through to be seen as “normal”. Though most are open minded everyone still sees some sort of stereotype no matter what. I definitely tried not to see this but they are still things that press on society daily, so this project has definitely made me grow in a way that doesnt make me not see stereotypes, race, gender, or social class but I see them in a much different and evolved way. When we first started learning about stereotypes I didn't understand them as much all I knew about them were how they are just certain expectations that people see you through based on certain things about yourself.
Socratic Seminar Reflection:
The main points covered in the socratic seminar were race, sex, and social class. These were the most occuring due to how the book relates to these topics the most. We mostly covered how Scout and Jem were socialized to believe certain things. We touched on the fact that scout is evolving a lot throughout the entire book, she begins to start questioning herself a number of times such as when Jem tells her to stop being such a girl, yet in other instances she is told to act more like a girl when she does something to break that stereotype. Race was also a large portion of the topic while we covered how where you grow up can drastically change your opinion on how your supposed to act. One more topic that was more briefly cover was how Arthur Radley developed through the book and how he helped the plot move alone in many areas like when he gives the kids presents or when he places the blanket on Scout after the house fire.
The most interesting part of the socratic seminar for me was how we touched up on race. Though this is a very broad topic I like all of the ways we sent into them, I think that it's very interesting that when everyone in the class says we, everyone assumes that this means us as the white teenagers. The biggest point on race that I liked the most was how someone said, “It's really not bad at all to see color, you just have to see it as something beautiful not just a stereotypical color.” I really liked this comment because it somewhat shows what Atticus was trying to show his children throughout the book. I like the fact that though the area where they live still use offensive language he is trying to teach them the right thing to do.
Coming into this seminar I wish that I could have some sort of writing piece to base some of my thoughts off of. Though I did finish the book I was confused on some portions of it so I was still unsure of what things were happening at parts. In the beginning of the book I was definitely having a lot of trouble getting into the book so I had to annotate more to make sure that I understood every concept of what was going on. In the end I was still having trouble getting into it but I wasn't really using the annotations because I understood it more. Something difficult with the seminar was staying on useful topics that were more focused around the book, though I did like getting deeper into the other topics I wish that we could have revolved them around the main topics. What I enjoyed about it was everyone's different opinions and how they contributed to the conversation. For our next seminar I would like to focus more on the concerning topics and get deeper into them.
I feel like this book definitely does matter especially in this society. It focuses a lot on many topics that are very important for kids our age to learn about. A lot of kids joke about things like racism and sexism because it seems to be something that seems to keep occuring so this is our way of handling it. This book also shows that it is ok to be seen as different. Though throughout the book scout does get hated on for acting too ladylike or not enough she continues to act how she wants for a large portion of the book.
The most interesting part of the socratic seminar for me was how we touched up on race. Though this is a very broad topic I like all of the ways we sent into them, I think that it's very interesting that when everyone in the class says we, everyone assumes that this means us as the white teenagers. The biggest point on race that I liked the most was how someone said, “It's really not bad at all to see color, you just have to see it as something beautiful not just a stereotypical color.” I really liked this comment because it somewhat shows what Atticus was trying to show his children throughout the book. I like the fact that though the area where they live still use offensive language he is trying to teach them the right thing to do.
Coming into this seminar I wish that I could have some sort of writing piece to base some of my thoughts off of. Though I did finish the book I was confused on some portions of it so I was still unsure of what things were happening at parts. In the beginning of the book I was definitely having a lot of trouble getting into the book so I had to annotate more to make sure that I understood every concept of what was going on. In the end I was still having trouble getting into it but I wasn't really using the annotations because I understood it more. Something difficult with the seminar was staying on useful topics that were more focused around the book, though I did like getting deeper into the other topics I wish that we could have revolved them around the main topics. What I enjoyed about it was everyone's different opinions and how they contributed to the conversation. For our next seminar I would like to focus more on the concerning topics and get deeper into them.
I feel like this book definitely does matter especially in this society. It focuses a lot on many topics that are very important for kids our age to learn about. A lot of kids joke about things like racism and sexism because it seems to be something that seems to keep occuring so this is our way of handling it. This book also shows that it is ok to be seen as different. Though throughout the book scout does get hated on for acting too ladylike or not enough she continues to act how she wants for a large portion of the book.
