Technology Through Our Eyes

There was a boy named Richard. Richard enjoyed on-line gaming as a hobby and spent some of his time a day playing online games. One day he came across google advertising and was attracted by many adverts claiming he could make lots of money and be able to have some extra pocket money through making money online. Now, Richard was only a ten year old and the thought of having extra pocket money, to him, was amazing. Richard decided to quit on-line gaming for a while and focus on making some extra pocket money. Richard concentrated so much about advertising on-line that he became very money-motivated and ambitious. Soon, Richard was making more pocket money than any of his friends, even if their parents gave them a large sum. For a 10 year old, Richard was seen as a genius and very clever. His previous passion for on-line gaming faded away and advertising on-line was Richard's future. Then one day, tragedy happened, and Richard's computer began to run much slower, and his internet connection wasn't working too great either. Because the internet connection was so slow, Richard couldn't get on the internet as much as he would like and so his advertising began to fall. Doom began to strike even further, and eventually Richard's internet connection stopped completely and advertising on-line became impossible. Richard was very upset, and soon he learnt that making money wasn't everything, because whilst spending all his time making money online, he forgot about his friends and didn't do the normal things ten year olds do, such as play tag and football outside. Richard became very lonely. He learnt that whilst he may have been richer than other ten year olds, he missed out on what was really important because now he had nobody to be friends with and nobody wanted to know him.Richard asked his mum and dad for advice. To cheer him up, his mum and dad took him on a family outing to the zoo where Richard began to find animals quite interesting. To try return back to normality and gain his friends again, Richard invited people from his school along to the zoo with him for another trip and using the money he had already made, paid for the majority to get in. Richard gained friendships and decided there was more to life for a ten year old, than just money.