In humanities we did several different projects leading up to the mask project. We did some reading, we read about society a lot and we watched some videos as well. Once we started the mask project we built our mask and then decorated it. Once we completed that we then wrote our T.E.A. essay ( Topic Analyze and Explain ).
During this project I challenged myself by having to rewrite my essay because I didn't do it right the first time. I didn’t follow the questions right. I pushed myself out of my comfort zone when I had to take off my hoodie and stand in that tiny room with a lot of people coming up to me and reading my essay and asking me questions about it. At first I thought my essay needed some work and I didnt like it. Then I went up to Stephen and asked to read over it, he helped me add more and after that i was proud of my essay. When I needed help I didn't really ask for it but when I wanted something checked I would go see or ask someone to read it and tell me what they think of it. I mainly just asked Stephen for help when I needed him to read over it and help me with some sentences. Over all, I didn’t advocate very much. I think I showed perseverance on the night of the exhibition because I dressed nice-ish even though I hate dressing nice, I took of my hoodie and stood there with so many people in that tiny room and I was stressed out which caused my headache to get worse. I kind of gave up about not having my hoodie on I grabbed it from my Dad and put it back on. I did my best to work through difficulty and stay there as long as I could. I was pretty proud of my final project because it was refined and well written.
This project affected me as a student because it made me do stuff I didn’t want to do suc as; talking off my hoodie and standing in the room with a lot of people. I didn’t only grow as a student I grew as a human as well. I grew as a human because it the mask project forced me to put society in perspective and really take a close, careful look at everything. When I took a closer look at society I realized so much more. I personally don’t think I developed or grew any new habits of heart and mind. I developed a new way to think and look at things, because I paid close attention and used used some words that I don’t always use which expanded my vocabulary and benefitted me.
Truth of War In Humanities we are working on a project “The Truth of War Project” on this project I chose to do Amphibious Personnel Attacks because my great grandpa was apart of this operation. My great grandpa Wade Robert Russey was born on September 2, 1926 in Chickasha Oklahoma. Once he turned 18 he joined the Navy in September of 1944. He went to the Navy boot camp on August 3rd 1944 for 3 months. Training was at the Coronado Island in San Diego, California at the Naval Base. This Naval Base is home to the Naval Amphibious Base and Naval Air Station Base. He received amphibious attack training but never put it to use. “Luckily I didn't have to use this training,” said my great grandpa. He was assigned to the USS Colbert APA-145, Amphibious Personnel Attack along with 4 other mean George Greer who was captain, Cliff Cordell the flag man, a man named Kysar (couldn't remember his first name) who was the engine man and Wade Russey the seaman. While he was on this he would transport soldiers ready for battle to Okinawa Beach. The battling going down on Okinawa beach was known as Operation Iceberg which was part of WW2. Okinawa beach is a few miles wide a around 60 miles long. It was the biggest amphibious assault in that theater. Before the battling begun there were 287,000 American soldiers and only 130,000 japanese. Once the battle ended we then won the victory of the allies and casualties caused by the japanese army. This battle almost became the last serious japanese territory defense before the war came to an end in August. Although we had won the war America did have its losses. There were over 800 aircrafts demolished and 30 ships no longer able to be used and 12,000 American soldiers killed and 36,000 The USS Colbert could carry up to 25 men along with 21 smaller additional boats. On september 17, 1945 during one of the transport, recently freed american prisoners of war were on this transport the USS Colbert ended up going through a typhoon, typhoon Ida to be exact. The typhoon caused the ship to hit a seamine and ended up getting a hole to big to repair. The seamine killed 3 men. 2 men that were in the engine room and a prisoner of war, he was on his way home when he died. My papa said it w8as “It was heartbreaking.” Just before you think it can't get any worse, the USS Colbert ended up going through another typhoon. This time is was typhoon Louise. Typhoon Louise caused men to fall off the ship. Some were out in cold water waiting to be rescued once they were rescued the USS Colbert was towed back to land by the sea tug. Once he finished his time he got an honorable discharge on July 23rd 1946 and was brought home on the USS Lubbock.