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---Brave new World
---Model United Nations
---Greek Tragedy Project
---Socializtion and Identity project
Brave New World
Images
Am I thin enough? Pinching at my sides, staring at unwanted fat, disgusting thighs. It wasn’t always this way, but that was before the magazines made us question our appearance, before the t.v. attracted attention to the waist, before the posters made illness beautiful. Perfect people wearing perfect bodies, laden in layers named desire and gross effort. Imperfection lies within only myself, it seems. The others smiling in ecstasy, their bodies, faces, clothing, granting euphoria. It wasn’t always expected, being brought up into perfection. But, that was before the beauty turned us ugly. Before the truth was written out of our lives and replaced with arsenic, replaced with disgustingly sweet lies. But I can’t think this way. Am I pretty enough? Posters of models decorate the walls, lips plump and lashes long. Not a pore on their face, not a flaw within sight. The word desire isn’t strong enough to compare to the feeling. Iridescent eyes. Crimson lips. Porcelain skin. Delicate neck. Perfectly thin bodies beautifully adorned. Glass fingers. Smooth legs. Mile high heels. It’s not a want anymore, it’s no longer a desire. It’s a craving, it’s a need. You can’t ignore it. Am I good enough? Perfect head for a perfect body. Flawless beyond belief. Driven into a beautiful madness by expectations forced into reality. Little red lines hidden by white lies, undiscovered by ignorant truth. Of course the sound of all of this silence is overwhelming, but you can ignore it once you look again at the posters lining the walls, flashing on the screen, bodies creating misshapen lines on the street. This is society. This is our way of life. Euphoria in a reflection. I am I, and I wish I wasn’t. So I will not be. |
Project Reflection The greatest challenge in this project was finding ways to relate this book to the world currently, so I could find something to attach to in the book. Brave New World was a complex book with hard to understand sentences and a strange writing flow, so it was hard for me to find a word or a phrase I could relate to and connect to. When I’m reading, I have to find a character or a theme in the book I can relate to or see currently in the world. And yes, in Brave New World, there were televisions hanging off ceilings, and we have televisions like that now. But it’s not the same as feeling something. For example, I read the quote, “I am I, and I wish I wasn't" and that clicked in me and made me want to keep reading, and keep reading. I struggled in the first four chapters up until I read that line, so I had some sort of motivation to continue reading.
I feel like I have grown as a student through this project. Through having to meet deadlines and have to create journals and all of this work I had to do, I was able to learn a lot of time management skills and figure out how to do a certain thing and juggle another thing. I feel like I’m a pretty good student here, but through this project, I've been able to feel more comfortable in the classroom scene of just sitting there and reading, and writing my thoughts, and analyzing them even if I didn't completely enjoy the content. I didn't really enjoy parts of Brave New World, and didn't really want to read into anything. It seemed silly to think too much about something I didn't enjoy. But I had to give thoughtful information I gathered from this, so I had to kind of take a deep breath and do it, so that’s what I did. I learned to go into depth with things I never really wanted to go into depth on, and I feel like that will really help me in the future with just about anything. When I return to Animas as a sophomore, I really want to remember that you can find aspects in books or in pieces of writing or just about anything through shifting your perspective slightly, or catching those subtle hints that almost lie between the lines. I based my project off of body image, and that was suggested in Brave New World as a very important thing. You always looked good, were young, felt good. You were never ugly. And so I related that back to our world and how we struggle to be this image of beauty, and was able to really create something I’m proud of through finding those “hidden things” within the book. I was able to create a poem I’m really proud of, and an art piece I produced through saying, “I feel like the end of my poem results in suicide” and was able to create that charred suicide note. I really want to remember that perspective is the largest part of any project, and that will not only help you enjoy it, but also help you create beautiful and thoughtful work. hen I return here next year, I really do not want to step into humanities and just see what’s on the surface; I want to read into it and I want to discover more and more about it all until I feel like I've analyzed everything I could. I don’t want to forget that. I am most proud of finding something I feel strongly about and translated that into this project. Brave New World is not about body image, but a theme in the book is an image based society. I pulled that straight out and analyzed it all. I am most proud of my poem and the fact I was able to make a piercing piece of writing where I really could spill out my emotions and my thoughts, and also have that as a project and something anyone could look at and read. I was at a loss of what I wanted to do at the beginning of this project, and I love writing poetry, so I decided, why not? I drafted an emotional piece and took it in to the classroom, feeling really self conscious about it. I was afraid it was silly. But when I was praised on it, I felt that, yes, I can do this. So I just jumped at it and created something I am really proud of. All the struggle I went through and all the work I put into this created a really beautiful piece of work that I’m very proud of. |
Model United nations
Model United Nations is a project where each student represents a different country in the United Nations. You learn about you country until you feel comfortable stating how your country feels. Once you are comfortable, you are given an issue that the United Nations is currently facing, and learn how your country feels about it. And through that, you create solutions to the problem. In the end, you all come together as a class and hold a conference as the United Nations to solve the issue, just as they would.
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Click here to see my country perspective paper!!!Click here to see my resolution!!! |
Project ReflectionWhat advice would you give to a student beginning this project?
I would tell the students to really focus on this project, and not lose track of evidence or contradicting claims from different sides of the issue you are discussing because then you will really be able to grasp this and be able to make really strong claims. This is really important because, also, you might find something your personally passionate about within the issue. I didn’t think I would find anything, but I found many things I was passionate about in this and wanted to read into the issue further. Think of this project overall - which habit of mind were you most proud of using during the conference? I was really proud of using advocacy. I have never done well with advocating for myself, how I think, how I act, what I need. And in this project, it was necessary for you to voice your opinions and what the country you are representing needs, wants, thinks. I’m really proud of myself for using this skill and using it without even thinking I was doing it. At the conference, it came really naturally and I didn’t even have to worry about it. What would you do differently if you could start the project over? One specific thing I would do differently would be learning a little bit more about other countries. In this project, you have friends in the class room and you learn about what they want later on during the caucusing, so you learn their perspectives. However, I would love to have a greater understanding of what other countries want in order for them to agree with what I want when facing an issue. Then, caucusing would’ve been easier, in a sense, to offer amendments to the resolution in order to be on the same page. What was the most interesting speech, resolution, amendment, or comment by one of the delegates? There were a lot of really interesting speeches and comments by the delegates. But the most interesting thing I experienced was an argument I had during our final unmoderated caucus. I was arguing with the United States about resolution 4a. I was in support of Resolution 1a, and he was in support of resolution 4a. The two resolutions were complete polar opposites, and we both had a lot to say about the two. It was so interesting seeing the facts and opinions about the resolution that I never thought of, and flaws with mine that I never saw. I was pointing out that a purely Jewish state was the reason for the entire conflict, and he was pointing out that a two-part government to favor both religions has never been done before, which could result in failure. It was very interesting to see the resolutions from other points of view rather than my country’s and my own. |
Greek Tragedy play project
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For this project, we read Greek Tragedies and had to look at what was currently going on in the real world right now and take a social issue and transform that into a Greek tragedy. My partner and I decided on abortion as our issue, and it proved as a nice challenge for us, because it wasn't either pro-choice or pro-life, it was so much deeper than that. The most important part about this was learning how to understand the tragedy before taking sides.
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The choice - script (click here to read it!)
Q: What are you post proud of about your project and why?
I’m most proud of the effort my partner and I put into this project. Our social topic was abortion, and we literally went down to Planned Parenthood and asked a doctor questions on abortion to gather professional information, along with looking through multiple articles online. During the filming process, we put a lot of effort into finding the actors, making the script, and planning the movements and angles so they were just right. I think we put so much effort into this because we could have a laugh during tense moments and that encouraged us to work harder and create more to laugh about. I really hope that all of the effort we put into this project shows through in our final product.
Q: What challenges did you struggle with working with a partner and how did it impact the project? WHat did you like about having a partner to work with?
As for a problem with partners, I would say it’s because you have you split the work and sometimes you have to get past an obstacle of one person not having the ability to do one thing, and also the long distance work, which could result in “Oh, I thought you had the script...” and other things like that. But, I feel my partner and I did a great job at working together and working with this long distance material. It’s great to have a partner because you can have someone to lean on when you’re having trouble with your script, or when you don’t have a video camera to film with, ect. I think it’s easier to have a partner than to not, because with two people instead of one putting their heads together, the final product turns out to be even better.
Q: What would you have done as an individual to make the project better?
I had a lot of trouble with filming during class time, along with not being able to have enough time after school to film. I would give next year’s freshman more time. When we went into project mode, some people were wrapping up their scripts, some were just starting their claymation, and I, personally, felt very short on time. I feel like I could have refined this project even further if I had more time to do so. We were given a week of project work time this year, and possibly give next year’s freshman a week and a half? Those few days would be really useful!
Q: What specific advice would you offer an incoming freshman about how to be successful at project-based learning?
To really be successful at this, you have to choose your partners wisely, and once you are with your partner, you should plan out details on what you need to do and work out major flaws you see in advanced. Work out the bumps in creative ways, and nothing can go wrong. As long as you use what you’ve got, have fun while doing it, and have faith in the project, it’ll be beautiful work. Beautiful work can either be obvious to the viewer, or behind the scenes for the people who worked on it, so don’t worry about that. My few big tips are to learn as much as you can from this hands-on experience and apply that to as many things as you can, think creatively, and have fun while working.
I’m most proud of the effort my partner and I put into this project. Our social topic was abortion, and we literally went down to Planned Parenthood and asked a doctor questions on abortion to gather professional information, along with looking through multiple articles online. During the filming process, we put a lot of effort into finding the actors, making the script, and planning the movements and angles so they were just right. I think we put so much effort into this because we could have a laugh during tense moments and that encouraged us to work harder and create more to laugh about. I really hope that all of the effort we put into this project shows through in our final product.
Q: What challenges did you struggle with working with a partner and how did it impact the project? WHat did you like about having a partner to work with?
As for a problem with partners, I would say it’s because you have you split the work and sometimes you have to get past an obstacle of one person not having the ability to do one thing, and also the long distance work, which could result in “Oh, I thought you had the script...” and other things like that. But, I feel my partner and I did a great job at working together and working with this long distance material. It’s great to have a partner because you can have someone to lean on when you’re having trouble with your script, or when you don’t have a video camera to film with, ect. I think it’s easier to have a partner than to not, because with two people instead of one putting their heads together, the final product turns out to be even better.
Q: What would you have done as an individual to make the project better?
I had a lot of trouble with filming during class time, along with not being able to have enough time after school to film. I would give next year’s freshman more time. When we went into project mode, some people were wrapping up their scripts, some were just starting their claymation, and I, personally, felt very short on time. I feel like I could have refined this project even further if I had more time to do so. We were given a week of project work time this year, and possibly give next year’s freshman a week and a half? Those few days would be really useful!
Q: What specific advice would you offer an incoming freshman about how to be successful at project-based learning?
To really be successful at this, you have to choose your partners wisely, and once you are with your partner, you should plan out details on what you need to do and work out major flaws you see in advanced. Work out the bumps in creative ways, and nothing can go wrong. As long as you use what you’ve got, have fun while doing it, and have faith in the project, it’ll be beautiful work. Beautiful work can either be obvious to the viewer, or behind the scenes for the people who worked on it, so don’t worry about that. My few big tips are to learn as much as you can from this hands-on experience and apply that to as many things as you can, think creatively, and have fun while working.
Socialization and identity project
Through the Eyes of Adolescence
“You made me hate my own reflection, question every choice I make so I could try to be perfect, but I won’t try to be fake. So forgive me ‘cause I really could care less that this world has changed me.” --
Who Are You Now? by Sleeping With Sirens.
I once thought socialization was simply talking with your friends, and I assume you think that, too. But, that’s where we were both wrong. From the moment you were born, you’re first in contact with your family, who socialize you in a certain way. They teach you to flush the toilet and wash your hands. They teach you your religion and raise you into a political party. Even the media socializes you; girls act this way, boys act that way. The actors do it, so you should, too. Small things can shape you, too; your mother really likes to wear red lipstick, so you may like red lips on a woman or on yourself. How you are raised shapes who you are as a person. You see?
Because of the way we have been socialized, we fall into different categories, called stereotypes. Stereotypes are when you look at a person walking down the street and think “That boy is a punk,” judging him, thinking he stole something or is on drugs. It’s when you ignore the heart, and just focus on the looks. An example of this is when my friends sit at the park, talking and having a good time, when somebody drove by in their car and shouted, “Emos!” at them. Of course, they felt insulted by being judged based solely on their looks. How they looked on the outside affected how other people saw them, when they might have been totally different than what the driver had thought. They are searching for their identity, branching off from what they already know to find it. In the article, The Complexity of Identity by Beverly Daniel Tatum, he said, “Choices made in adolescence ripple throughout the lifespan.” And, because of this, the ones who are victimized by stereotyping the most, are teenagers.
Teenagers are stereotyped as violent, rebellious young people without a care in the world. When I walk into Rite-Aid, and everybody’s eyes are on me. I can almost hear them thinking, is she going to steal something? Why are her hands in her pockets; did she put something in there? I can even walk down the street, and a family walks by, and, by seeing the way I dress, steer their children away. We really can’t help that we are seen as dangerous people, and we also can’t help if we come off that way by our actions; we are searching for an identity. “Somewhere,” Beverly Daniel Tatum said in his article The Complexity of Identity, “on the edge of consciousness, there is what I call a mythical norm, which each one of us within our hearts knows ‘this is not me’.” With that being said, we each have a feeling of who we are, but we have to find it, first. Added with all the hormones, it’s no wonder people think we’re unsteady and dangerous, but they need to understand we are off in search of an identity we are comfortable with. They tend to focus on the bad more than they do the good.
In the news, all you ever hear about is the destruction in the world; the current status on the war, a mass shooting, a murder, a kidnapping. Only on those rare occasions do you get more than a minute or two discussing something pleasant that happened; a baby lived after it was born prematurely and the parents were told it wouldn’t, a man saved another man’s life without even thinking, a gay couple married and beat the odds. That’s the same way with teenagers. They ignore the positive things we do, or they tend to turn our positives into negatives. I work as an assistant teacher with kids eleven and under, teaching them the performing arts. A lot of the time, an adult would look at me and take in my upper ear piercing and skinny jeans, and instantly assume I’m up to no good, teaching the children what I shouldn’t be. I see people doing so many good tasks that go unnoticed by others, and I see it go unnoticed especially when it’s teenagers that do the deed. Are we really so negatively stereotyped that even our kindness gets brushed off? I think this comes off in my mask especially.
The top mask represents the stereotyped teenager; the random blue colors symbolize us being ‘cold as ice’ and unstable. The anarchy symbol over the lips symbolizes the rebellious way we speak and how we act; teenagers are rebellious and dangerous. The ruined eye symbolizes getting into a fight, seeing the world in a blood-died fashion; teenagers seek violence and want it. The police tape over the other eye symbolizes crimes; drugs, violence, stealing. The clouds atop the head symbolize ‘having your head in the clouds’ and fantasizing more than working. The stitches where the ears are supposed to be symbolize that there are no ears there, making it looked like we got rid of them to not listen to what people say. The rough feeling of the top mask gives it the rough and tough feel of teenagers, and the damaged look also falls into play with that rough and tough, damaged package.
The bottom mask represents my true identity, ignoring any stereotype; the diamond over the lips means truth; a diamond is pure and strong. The truth, however, can be hurtful at times, and the diamond can be sharp. The three divided parts of the mind show the three sides; the light, the middle, and the dark. Within the light, there are hearts and words such as ‘yes’ and ‘hope’, showing the positive side of the mind, while the dark side has words like ‘hate’ and ‘no’, showing the negative side of the mind. The center of it all is where we try to reside, so we have an even mind, but it gets all jumbled up between what’s good and what’s bad, hence the words ‘fuzz’ and the cross over between an X and a check mark. The heart over the eye, under the dark side of the mind symbolizes seeing hope in the dark. The X over the eye, under the light side of the mind, symbolizes seeing dark in the light. The stitched cuts symbolizes being hurt by the world, even though our positive actions, we are still shoved to the ground. The white, creamy pale and mostly plain background symbolizes that there is still much to be left up to us. I am still searching for an identity; I’m a blank slate.
How can you change this? It’s a daunting task, but you can slowly and surely ‘break it down’. You can instead of discouraging your children to, for example, pierce their body, encourage it. Encourage differences, and by doing that, you’re getting rid of the cycle for yourself, and that’s the first step.
Who Are You Now? by Sleeping With Sirens.
I once thought socialization was simply talking with your friends, and I assume you think that, too. But, that’s where we were both wrong. From the moment you were born, you’re first in contact with your family, who socialize you in a certain way. They teach you to flush the toilet and wash your hands. They teach you your religion and raise you into a political party. Even the media socializes you; girls act this way, boys act that way. The actors do it, so you should, too. Small things can shape you, too; your mother really likes to wear red lipstick, so you may like red lips on a woman or on yourself. How you are raised shapes who you are as a person. You see?
Because of the way we have been socialized, we fall into different categories, called stereotypes. Stereotypes are when you look at a person walking down the street and think “That boy is a punk,” judging him, thinking he stole something or is on drugs. It’s when you ignore the heart, and just focus on the looks. An example of this is when my friends sit at the park, talking and having a good time, when somebody drove by in their car and shouted, “Emos!” at them. Of course, they felt insulted by being judged based solely on their looks. How they looked on the outside affected how other people saw them, when they might have been totally different than what the driver had thought. They are searching for their identity, branching off from what they already know to find it. In the article, The Complexity of Identity by Beverly Daniel Tatum, he said, “Choices made in adolescence ripple throughout the lifespan.” And, because of this, the ones who are victimized by stereotyping the most, are teenagers.
Teenagers are stereotyped as violent, rebellious young people without a care in the world. When I walk into Rite-Aid, and everybody’s eyes are on me. I can almost hear them thinking, is she going to steal something? Why are her hands in her pockets; did she put something in there? I can even walk down the street, and a family walks by, and, by seeing the way I dress, steer their children away. We really can’t help that we are seen as dangerous people, and we also can’t help if we come off that way by our actions; we are searching for an identity. “Somewhere,” Beverly Daniel Tatum said in his article The Complexity of Identity, “on the edge of consciousness, there is what I call a mythical norm, which each one of us within our hearts knows ‘this is not me’.” With that being said, we each have a feeling of who we are, but we have to find it, first. Added with all the hormones, it’s no wonder people think we’re unsteady and dangerous, but they need to understand we are off in search of an identity we are comfortable with. They tend to focus on the bad more than they do the good.
In the news, all you ever hear about is the destruction in the world; the current status on the war, a mass shooting, a murder, a kidnapping. Only on those rare occasions do you get more than a minute or two discussing something pleasant that happened; a baby lived after it was born prematurely and the parents were told it wouldn’t, a man saved another man’s life without even thinking, a gay couple married and beat the odds. That’s the same way with teenagers. They ignore the positive things we do, or they tend to turn our positives into negatives. I work as an assistant teacher with kids eleven and under, teaching them the performing arts. A lot of the time, an adult would look at me and take in my upper ear piercing and skinny jeans, and instantly assume I’m up to no good, teaching the children what I shouldn’t be. I see people doing so many good tasks that go unnoticed by others, and I see it go unnoticed especially when it’s teenagers that do the deed. Are we really so negatively stereotyped that even our kindness gets brushed off? I think this comes off in my mask especially.
The top mask represents the stereotyped teenager; the random blue colors symbolize us being ‘cold as ice’ and unstable. The anarchy symbol over the lips symbolizes the rebellious way we speak and how we act; teenagers are rebellious and dangerous. The ruined eye symbolizes getting into a fight, seeing the world in a blood-died fashion; teenagers seek violence and want it. The police tape over the other eye symbolizes crimes; drugs, violence, stealing. The clouds atop the head symbolize ‘having your head in the clouds’ and fantasizing more than working. The stitches where the ears are supposed to be symbolize that there are no ears there, making it looked like we got rid of them to not listen to what people say. The rough feeling of the top mask gives it the rough and tough feel of teenagers, and the damaged look also falls into play with that rough and tough, damaged package.
The bottom mask represents my true identity, ignoring any stereotype; the diamond over the lips means truth; a diamond is pure and strong. The truth, however, can be hurtful at times, and the diamond can be sharp. The three divided parts of the mind show the three sides; the light, the middle, and the dark. Within the light, there are hearts and words such as ‘yes’ and ‘hope’, showing the positive side of the mind, while the dark side has words like ‘hate’ and ‘no’, showing the negative side of the mind. The center of it all is where we try to reside, so we have an even mind, but it gets all jumbled up between what’s good and what’s bad, hence the words ‘fuzz’ and the cross over between an X and a check mark. The heart over the eye, under the dark side of the mind symbolizes seeing hope in the dark. The X over the eye, under the light side of the mind, symbolizes seeing dark in the light. The stitched cuts symbolizes being hurt by the world, even though our positive actions, we are still shoved to the ground. The white, creamy pale and mostly plain background symbolizes that there is still much to be left up to us. I am still searching for an identity; I’m a blank slate.
How can you change this? It’s a daunting task, but you can slowly and surely ‘break it down’. You can instead of discouraging your children to, for example, pierce their body, encourage it. Encourage differences, and by doing that, you’re getting rid of the cycle for yourself, and that’s the first step.
Socalization and Identity project reflection
Project based learning is very different from what I’m used to doing. Since I was home schooled for all my life, we never saw any need for doing projects, whether they were as large as this mask project, or gathering up a week’s worth of whether data for math and finding the average. I’m used to just learning the content and being done with it, and moving onto the next thing I had to do. But, I’m really enjoying getting that hands on learning; it helps me understand so much more.
The Habit of Heart and Mind I need to improve on for future projects is refinement. I’m one of those people that really like working on the small details and not a large image; I had the sides of my mask crumble slightly in certain areas, I had small paint detail, and I added texture to the top mask. I think I need to improve on working on the big picture and to refine it more than I did on my mask.
I’m really proud of the way the top mask it cut down the center, and opens up like French doors, from the stereotypes of teenagers to what really lies inside. I really liked people’s reactions to it, a lot of people talked to me about what the door stood for, and that was when you see someone, you stereotype them and see their clothes and the way they look, but when you meet them, they open up and you really see what’s behind the door.
In my essay, I said, “In the news, all you ever hear about is the destruction in the world; the current status on the war, a mass shooting, a murder, a kidnapping. Only on those rare occasions do you get more than a minute or two discussing something pleasant that happened; a baby lived after it was born prematurely and the parents were told it wouldn’t, a man saved another man’s life without even thinking, a gay couple married and beat the odds.” I’m very proud of what I had said because it speaks truth in many ways. We focus on the negative, the media focuses on the negative, and that’s what we wake up to. Only sometimes do we get a small sliver of the positive before it’s beaten down by the negative once again. I’m proud of it because people can relate to it, and that’s what I’m aiming for.
I want to leave with project with the knowledge that I’m only different from people because of the way they’ve they socialized, not because two people are just very different from each other. I want to remember, though, the negative sides of socialization; the media making girls feel like they have to be skinny, that they need to look perfect. I don’t want to forget how guys are ‘supposed’ to act and how that can make them feel trapped. I don’t want to forget the negative, so I can see the positive in all it’s beauty. I think I learned a lot more than just socialization in this project; I’ve learned what people feel about it and how people can break the social norms and create change. This project will stick with me for the rest of my life.
The Habit of Heart and Mind I need to improve on for future projects is refinement. I’m one of those people that really like working on the small details and not a large image; I had the sides of my mask crumble slightly in certain areas, I had small paint detail, and I added texture to the top mask. I think I need to improve on working on the big picture and to refine it more than I did on my mask.
I’m really proud of the way the top mask it cut down the center, and opens up like French doors, from the stereotypes of teenagers to what really lies inside. I really liked people’s reactions to it, a lot of people talked to me about what the door stood for, and that was when you see someone, you stereotype them and see their clothes and the way they look, but when you meet them, they open up and you really see what’s behind the door.
In my essay, I said, “In the news, all you ever hear about is the destruction in the world; the current status on the war, a mass shooting, a murder, a kidnapping. Only on those rare occasions do you get more than a minute or two discussing something pleasant that happened; a baby lived after it was born prematurely and the parents were told it wouldn’t, a man saved another man’s life without even thinking, a gay couple married and beat the odds.” I’m very proud of what I had said because it speaks truth in many ways. We focus on the negative, the media focuses on the negative, and that’s what we wake up to. Only sometimes do we get a small sliver of the positive before it’s beaten down by the negative once again. I’m proud of it because people can relate to it, and that’s what I’m aiming for.
I want to leave with project with the knowledge that I’m only different from people because of the way they’ve they socialized, not because two people are just very different from each other. I want to remember, though, the negative sides of socialization; the media making girls feel like they have to be skinny, that they need to look perfect. I don’t want to forget how guys are ‘supposed’ to act and how that can make them feel trapped. I don’t want to forget the negative, so I can see the positive in all it’s beauty. I think I learned a lot more than just socialization in this project; I’ve learned what people feel about it and how people can break the social norms and create change. This project will stick with me for the rest of my life.