The month, August, is sad because he doesn’t have any holidays of his own and he doesn’t feel special (or interesting) at all.

The month, August, is sad because he doesn’t have any holidays of his own and he doesn’t feel special (or interesting) at all.  He compares himself to other months and asks his friend, December, for any advice that may help him with his predicament.  Sadly, it only makes him feel worse about himself and makes him what to give up.  Then he meets a boy who tells him he’s great and should be more confident, positive, and love the person, or in this case the month, who he is (also that the boy’s birthday is in August).  After this encounter, August has a more positive outlook on life as well as himself.

My intent for this [children’s story] was to teach the message that you don’t have to be like others to be happy.  You don’t need others’ approval to feel good about yourself.  You just got to be who you are, because everyone is different and special in their own way.  The moral is to feel good about yourself; to have a positive outlook or view of who you are.

Also, seeking other people’s approval by pretending to be something or someone you’re not is not the way to make friends.  If people like you just because of something you have (ie, money, games, connections, expensive things, etc.) or because you’re acting in a manner that is not normally you, then those people are not your real friends.  The people who like you for who you are your real friends.

Lastly, try to make new friends with people who might be shy or lonely or sit by themselves at lunch, because they might need a friend too.  Not everyone likes to be alone; sometimes it’s nice to have someone to talk to.

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TA-DA!!

In my Midterm project, I try to show that too much technology could be a bad thing.  While it’s true that most technological advancements have made positive impacts for making our lives easier, we shouldn’t have to rely/depend on electronics in order to function in our daily lives.  It’s important to remember that we [the people] are supposed to be in control of technology, and not let it [technology] control us.

My first piece depicts a regular paper book (left) and a super high tech holographic e-book (right) and compares both of them.  The Holo-book starts to fickle and fade in and out (probably due to a low battery, poor wifi signal, or maybe it’s just an “out dated model”) making it quite difficult to read and use.  While the Real book (that Grandad use to use) seems to function perfectly (without the need for batteries or the internet).  It shows that if something old works just as well as it’s newer model, then you don’t really need the newer model.

My second piece shows a herd of (what I can only assume to be) teenagers.  Staring at their phones, not looking where they’re going, most likely headed for certain doom (that is, if they didn’t notice the bright yellow traffic sign).  They’ve become so immersed in their cellular devices that they can’t function without them, so they go everywhere and do almost everything with their cell phone in hand (ie. walking, talking, eating, politics).  Eventually they start to act like robots (that’s why it looks like they’ve sprouted antennas) and always have to obey their master (aka. their cellphone) when it  chimes. “… Ba-deep!”.  The point of this piece is when you are too immersed in an electronic device it may take control of you in your daily routine/life.

My third piece shows a brand new fresh out of the box robot dog that someone just had to have, for one reason or another.  The box it came in claims that this Robo-Dog is “so real” and acts just like a real dog, all the while two real dogs were sitting close by.  However, the buyer seems to be having trouble just getting Robo-Dog set up.  He pulls out the instruction manual (which is a pretty thick read) and tries to figure out the problem.  Then he notices the big warning label on the side of the box.  At this point you can probably guess what the moral is.  Why would you get the overly complicated version of something when it’s easier for you to stick with the original version/real thing you have access to now?  I mean, you don’t really need a “real-like” robot dog when you could get an actual dog (with the exception to people with severe pet allergies who just want to cuddle with something).