Reflection on Dissection

Who We Are- Dissecting the theme.
In the first descriptor, an inquiry into the nature of the self was read, I thought I understood it. I thought it meant thinking about what you were meant to do. I have figured out that it means who you are and staying true to yourself.

Beliefs and values were very tough for me. At first I thought it meant religion, culture, and etcetera. Now, after doing videos and discussing, I know that it is more than that. It can be many things. I realized in doing the values sheet that the values that are important to me are the ones that I have.

All of the health descriptor is still a bit of a mystery to me. When we started talking about it, I thought it was staying health, not getting sick…. But now I think that they all have meanings different from each other. They are things like socially healthy, and mentally healthy that I would like to know more about.

The fourth descriptor really made me think about what a friends, families, communities are. At first I thought my siblings and parents, my friends at school, the people in my neighborhood. But the activity really made me think and realize that the meaning is different for everyone because we are all different people.

At first I thought that rights and responsibilities were the same. Doing the T-chart I realized that the things on the 2 sides are completely different. Rights are what you are entitled to as a person. Responsibilities are what you are expected to do as a person.

What it means to be human, to me, is what humans are meant to do. At first I thought it was the responsibilities you have as a human, which is almost the same thing. I think that it is important to the idea of exhibition, but I am not sure how yet.

When we started the dissection of the theme, I was dreading it. I thought that exhibition meant: lots of homework, lots of grades, lots of stress. Now, I realize that it is a celebration. Something you have fun with. When we started, I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I know have a better idea, and I am excited to begin working on whatever I do.