Archive | February 2023

Stop Motion

      In tech, we did a stop motion unit. The big project in the unit was to make a stop motion scene / story with a group. I did one with Mae, and I really liked it. 

        The idea for the scene was sustainability, so everyone had a sustainability goal we could pick from. We picked hunger, which involves the problem of world hunger and having enough food. Our story was about two families who led very different lives.

      Family 1 had money, and food on the table every day. Family 2, on the other hand, lived on the streets and had to scavenge for a meal. When they met each other, they were confused at first, neither understanding the other’s way of life. However, as they became friends, family 1 helped family 2. They also helped other families who were in the same situation by building a community garden and having a food drive. 

       In the end, everything worked out and I liked our final stop motion. It took a lot of patience to move the people and objects on by one, but we did it. And also, something technical happened with one of our scenes and Mae accidentally deleted it, but we redid it and it turned out okay. I think this project helps promote group work and patience, and also teaches an important idea about sustainability. 

My Ideal World

   January 27th, 2123, NBC news: A portal has been discovered in the triangle of North Carolina, Durham. Police forces are investigating, and locals are advised to stay away. 

   March 6th, 2123: A team of four officers are entering the portal with a camera. For the first time, the public sees the mysterious doorway and what it opens to. 

   It’s breathtaking. The tall waterfalls, the permanent sunset sky, the otherworldly creatures. Little birds with light wings, and really cute squirrels roam the land. In the middle of all of this is a big, big tree. Its trunk is engraved with symbols, glowing purple and blue. Crystals and leaves hang from the branches, and little critters crawl all over them. It’s not cockroaches or other insects from earth, though. It’s like butterflies but bugified. A great thing about this planet is that there’s no bad bugs; bugs are all good, and they never bite or suck your blood. Anyway, when the video streamed, people were impressed but scared. What do they do? This new planet is paradise compared to the polluted mess they have created. Do they move? Do they take over? 

   They can’t. They didn’t know yet, but there’s a whole civilization hidden away in this ideal world. They too, had noticed the portal, and had been exploring earth as well. 

   Their society was perfect in every way. Starvation, homelessness, pollution, sickness,capitalism and communism were long gone, solved thousands of years ago by their ancestors. Now their society is flawless. And their technologies have advanced to a godlike level. Frankly, they live in heaven. Everyone is equal, and everything is fair.

   Money doesn’t exist there. Instead, everything is free as long as you have a job. For example, if you’re a doctor, you don’t have to pay for anything. And crimes like stealing aren’t a thing because you’re allowed to take whatever you want. Schools are different too. A grade isn’t a year because if you can learn a year of work in less time, you’re allowed to. 

   October, 31st, 2123, NBC news: The portal is officially open to everyone as a tourist location, in Durham North Carolina!