The holidays can be a very stressful time of year to anyone. Many school's let out the kids for Christmas break, and watching them every day while having to run errands can be a hassle. This can lead to huge amounts of stress in an adults day. As an organization set out to help the community, Entertainment Media For Children would like to host a movie day or event for kids across the local community. This movie night will most likely take place at the Mark Cisneros Center, allowing parents to not have to deal with any stress involved in finding a sitter. As a group, we will make flyers and distribute them around the neighborhood and community so that more people would know. As graphics designer, I would also post this announcement on our website, ensuring more people find out about the event. During the movie night, we would like to show an age appropriate Christmas movie that the kids can enjoy. There will also be healthy snacks and refreshments served to the children. This event will provide a friendly atmosphere for the children while they sit back and enjoy a movie. With help from the community and the parents, this movie night should be a success.
The holidays are upon us, this is the time of year where you have to buy last minute presents for everyone, cook tons of food while being the only person to clean the dishes, and also the wonderful time spent with unwanted in-laws almost every second of the day. This is even the time where thousands of students across the nation have to cram for what seems like a countless number of finals, just so that they have a chance of doing it all again the next semester. I'm pretty sure almost everyone has had this happen to them sometime in their life. It's the time of giving and receiving, but What makes the holidays so stressful? For me, Thanksgiving and the time before Christmas are a very stressful time of year. As a fulltime Engineering student with a hectic schedule, I'm stressed out when the holiday season approaches. I basically have to look forward to the conclusion of a semester, and take final after final that involves math, physics, and sometimes even more math. Don't get me wrong, I do love eating the awesome holiday food and receiving Christmas gifts, but the piles of homework and the constant studying for the next test really kills the fun. I always seem to get little pings of terror in the back of my mind when I'm having the most fun. I'll have constant thoughts about what I need to do or when to study. It's a lot of pressure at the end of the school year, and it just happens to fall at a time of year I really like. Due to all the worrying, I think this is the most stressful time of year for me. The stress involved with the holidays can seem very daunting at times. There are many families across the community that deal with this stress every day. This is the time of year where schools let out for Thanksgiving and Christmas break, allowing the little ones come home. Spending time with family and children during this time is wonderful, but it can take a toll when there are so many things to do. Parents have to deal with cooking food, buying presents, and taking care of the children. All of these can be very stressful tasks throughout the year, but during the holidays it is a lot more stressful. As a group, Entertainment Media For Children has a couple tips for families that are stressed out during the holidays. Parents can alleviate stress by planning a family fun day where they can go to an event and just relax. The local community offers many events to choose from during the holidays. Christmas is coming up and children love to think about Santa and wonder if they will receive gifts from him. At the local La Palmera Mall in Corpus Christi, TX, Santa Clause will be greeting the local children around the community between November 11th-December 25th. This would be a perfect time for parents to stop by and relax. Spending time with the family and enjoying refreshments at the event will definitely relive stress. Christmas lights and decorations are always a wonderful sight to see during the holidays. Parents can also eliminate stress by planning a day where the whole family decorates the house and lawn with Christmas decorations. This will make a tedious task seem very fun because you're spending time with family, and also accomplishing a task at the same time. There are so many activities to choose from to do with the family, that can eliminate stress involved with the holidays. Growing up the TV show that was near and dear to my heart would have to be the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) show from 1987-1996 created by David Wise. This show was absolutely one of my favorites. I remember around the age of 5 or 7, I would wake up super early, get a bowl of Fruit Loops or Cookie Crisps and sit right in front of the TV to catch one of the newest episodes of TMNT. After watching an episode, I would run around the house trying to Karate chop everything in sight. Nothing was safe, the household dog, the sofas, or anything else in my path. I was a karate chopping machine with no worries that had an awesome TV show to get me through the day. When I found out there was a new reboot of the show on Nickelodeon, I was pretty psyched. It brought up every nostalgic moment of my childhood back in an instant. Like all TMNT shows, this one seems to be a hit. Nickelodeon’s ratings for this show were pretty high, and have some promise for the future. With close to 12 million viewers from ages 6-11; this show should be around for the time being and also have a huge toy line for this coming holiday season. This new version of TMNT is pretty similar to the older one I used to watch back in my day. The Turtles live in the lower sewers of Manhattan, New York. Like in the original, all of the turtles are mutated into walking, talking, and fighting turtles because of some green ooze. They meet their best human friend while on the surface, April O’Neil. Their love and appetite for pizza is also accurately shown. In this version, their human owner is mutated into a rat instead of a common sewer rat, being mutated and becoming a surrogate father to the turtles. While hiding from preying human eyes, the turtles train in ninjutsu. From the sewers their names are born. Master Splinter, Leonardo (the leader), Michelangelo (the clown), Donatello (the brains), Raphael (the sarcastic rebel). These are the most iconic names from any cartoon that I can remember. Pretty much every adult from 21-35 knows or should know about TMNT. After their birthday, they are allowed to visit the surface. While visiting the streets of New York, they seem to always find a knack for trouble. This is something most TMNT fans know about. So far this show seems to be lacking in certain little areas if you’re an adult. I would have to agree about this version in Noel Kirkpatrick’s TV review. This version of TMNT show seems a little bland at first because of a slow start and little action from what most fans associate TMNT with. It was a pilot episode, so the show should be better during the season. As for the overall animation, it will probably take a little getting used to when you are trying to watch it with your kid or by yourself. The CGI seems a little blocky, and at times, very cheesy. From a kid’s point of view, this show is amazing. You have turtles using their ninja skills to fight off hordes of bad guys, and I really doubt the kids are too worried about the animation. TMNT has some positive morals that it teaches young kids, but at points in the show it can be a little violent at times to get that message across. Common Sense Media also agrees that the violence in the show could be a cause for some slight concern. The characters throughout the show do use hand to hand combat on each other, but with proper guidance and making sure kids do not duplicate what's in the TV show, this shouldn’t be too big of an issue. Parents should watch the show beforehand or do some research, and see if this show is right for their children. TMNT isn't right for all audiences, but around the age of 7+, this show might be suitable. There are some good messages in the show. TMNT distinguishes right from wrong and also has an underlining message of brotherhood which could offset the violence. The turtles and Splinter are good, while Shredder and The Kraang are the main villains like in the old cartoon. The group just wants to be left alone while having a good time doing that. The writers use comedy to achieve this goal. During their encounters, the turtles fiight off Shredder and his Minions, who seek world domination. Without teamwork and brotherhood, the turtles would not succeed in their mission. Hopefully after watching the show, parents will allow their kids to watch it. |
Kevin Allen Jr."What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." |