My Essay
Right and Wrong
socialization is what defines us as people everything we do as a society is a reflections of how we have been socialized. we are socialized as individuals, in large part to facilitate our affiliations into society as a whole. many times this is done consciously and subconsciously as a means of survival, or to make things easier for us, to avoid rejection, again acceptance etc.
I was born in rural colorado and lived just outside of durango until I was five years old at which time I moved to mexico. ever since I have alternated between durango and mexico at a split time ratio of half and half. I am also the son of young parents who pose a mixture of progressive and traditional parenting styles and values. when I lived in colorado with my mother, I attended all public schools and always have. when I live with my father I have attended catholic private schools. so far, I feel that this has provided me with a wide spectrum of influences that currently make up my own socialization and conditioning. things that are part of normal life in one place or in one household may be inappropriate or unacceptable in another.
at the age of 14 i realize that not long from now I will be entering manhood. I wonder what my place will be in society, I wonder what impact I will be able to have on a world that seems to be in need of so much improvement. my father has often told me that he wishes to help bring out the best lucius I can be. for me it is important to feel comfortable being myself, while trying to make positive contributions to society as a whole.
every boy at some point at some point in their lives are reminded, whether by their parents, friends, or teachers, what it takes to be a man in this world. I have been taught by my parent the stereotypes of life and how they work, but that it is not necessary to follow them. as a little boy i learned that boys weren't supposed to dress up like girls or paint their nails, that was for girls to do, but that as long as i was understanding of that than i could do whatever made me happy.
All the time you hear from your friends asking if you're gay?... because you wanted to give them a hug or cuz you said that you love them. Why does it always have to come down to your gay if you do this that and this, can't we just express ourselves the way we want to be?
There was this time that when I had first moved to Mexico I had painted my nails the night before the first day of school, and when I showed up all my friends started laughing at me, asking me why I wasn't embarrassed,? I stood there thinking why I wasn't embarrassed, and why they were asking me, I couldn't come up with a good answer so I just asked them why I should be embarrassed? They told me that because I looked like a girl none of the girls would like me or want to date me.
I’ve lived in mexico for half of my life and it wasn't until the last 2 years that I began to understand that people would be judged for the slightest thing: being gay ar lesbian that if you wanted to fit in with everyone else than you needed to do exactly the same thing as every other“normal person.” anyone that truly expresses their feeling is either crazy or just straight up weird.
it is for all to give more thought to how our socialization will help achieve, or hold back progress on this planet. each and every one of us is responsible. we are all participants, we all affect one another. I know that it is time for me to truly realize that I am capable of making a difference for the well being of myself, but for those around me as well. if we all thought more independently, and where open and accepting of opinions, and ideas, and points of view that differ from our own, I truly believe that this world could take much better care of itself.
socialization is what defines us as people everything we do as a society is a reflections of how we have been socialized. we are socialized as individuals, in large part to facilitate our affiliations into society as a whole. many times this is done consciously and subconsciously as a means of survival, or to make things easier for us, to avoid rejection, again acceptance etc.
I was born in rural colorado and lived just outside of durango until I was five years old at which time I moved to mexico. ever since I have alternated between durango and mexico at a split time ratio of half and half. I am also the son of young parents who pose a mixture of progressive and traditional parenting styles and values. when I lived in colorado with my mother, I attended all public schools and always have. when I live with my father I have attended catholic private schools. so far, I feel that this has provided me with a wide spectrum of influences that currently make up my own socialization and conditioning. things that are part of normal life in one place or in one household may be inappropriate or unacceptable in another.
at the age of 14 i realize that not long from now I will be entering manhood. I wonder what my place will be in society, I wonder what impact I will be able to have on a world that seems to be in need of so much improvement. my father has often told me that he wishes to help bring out the best lucius I can be. for me it is important to feel comfortable being myself, while trying to make positive contributions to society as a whole.
every boy at some point at some point in their lives are reminded, whether by their parents, friends, or teachers, what it takes to be a man in this world. I have been taught by my parent the stereotypes of life and how they work, but that it is not necessary to follow them. as a little boy i learned that boys weren't supposed to dress up like girls or paint their nails, that was for girls to do, but that as long as i was understanding of that than i could do whatever made me happy.
All the time you hear from your friends asking if you're gay?... because you wanted to give them a hug or cuz you said that you love them. Why does it always have to come down to your gay if you do this that and this, can't we just express ourselves the way we want to be?
There was this time that when I had first moved to Mexico I had painted my nails the night before the first day of school, and when I showed up all my friends started laughing at me, asking me why I wasn't embarrassed,? I stood there thinking why I wasn't embarrassed, and why they were asking me, I couldn't come up with a good answer so I just asked them why I should be embarrassed? They told me that because I looked like a girl none of the girls would like me or want to date me.
I’ve lived in mexico for half of my life and it wasn't until the last 2 years that I began to understand that people would be judged for the slightest thing: being gay ar lesbian that if you wanted to fit in with everyone else than you needed to do exactly the same thing as every other“normal person.” anyone that truly expresses their feeling is either crazy or just straight up weird.
it is for all to give more thought to how our socialization will help achieve, or hold back progress on this planet. each and every one of us is responsible. we are all participants, we all affect one another. I know that it is time for me to truly realize that I am capable of making a difference for the well being of myself, but for those around me as well. if we all thought more independently, and where open and accepting of opinions, and ideas, and points of view that differ from our own, I truly believe that this world could take much better care of itself.
Project Reflection
My favorite part of my mask was how much I think the mask can relate to me: for example my mask represented someone that had just gotten too tired of trying to be someone that he's not so he pelled of the “fake mask that he was hiding behind” so that he could be free to be the actual person he is...the actual person he wanted to be. The reason I like this is because i think that i try so hard to not be someone i'm not.
At the age of 14 I realize that not long from now I will be entering manhood. I wonder what my place will be in society, I wonder what impact I will be able to have in a world that seems to be in need of so much improvement. I am proud of this sentence because of how much i always think about this, i always wonder if Lucius could make an impact for this world or if i am just gonna be another person in this world that does nothing.
My biggest takeaway from this project is that: every person is special, and we all have our own personality and that there will always be judgment but you need to accept that everyone will be judged for the slightest thing, and that if someone likes you for who you are than right on but if someone is gonna be jerk and judge you than you should not be their friend.
Have you ever been judged before? well if you have than you should know that it doesn't feel to good, so even though there are weird people in the world then you need to accept them for who they are.
At the age of 14 I realize that not long from now I will be entering manhood. I wonder what my place will be in society, I wonder what impact I will be able to have in a world that seems to be in need of so much improvement. I am proud of this sentence because of how much i always think about this, i always wonder if Lucius could make an impact for this world or if i am just gonna be another person in this world that does nothing.
My biggest takeaway from this project is that: every person is special, and we all have our own personality and that there will always be judgment but you need to accept that everyone will be judged for the slightest thing, and that if someone likes you for who you are than right on but if someone is gonna be jerk and judge you than you should not be their friend.
Have you ever been judged before? well if you have than you should know that it doesn't feel to good, so even though there are weird people in the world then you need to accept them for who they are.