My Toy Hack Reflection

          At first, creating my toy hack was a very complicated, difficult process. I later found that, in order to choose the topic I wanted to represent my make cycle 3 with, I had to first search for a problem that bothered or puzzled me first, then find a way to relate it to science. This was easier than the initial process of choosing a scientific problem that I could relate to personally. When I did this, I realized that an issue I could best relate to was college in terms of why I am here, what brought me here, what I intend to achieve at this university or the next, etc. I especially wanted my audience to understand this question to, so I kept the overall question very broad: "Why will you go to college?"

 Reflecting on this, I wish I had asked this question in present-tense; for example: "Why are you here at UNCC?" or "What brought you to this university?" 

           Instead of leaving my project with the first question for the reader to ponder, I decided to give 3 basic reasons that many people consider when choosing a university to attend or even whether or not to attend a university to begin with. However, since this was a toy hack, I had to find some sort of way to visually represent these three scenarios. I considered borrowing my brother's toys or legos, but since most people did the same I decided to use my old stuffed animals from when I was little. Below are the two first scenarios, which tie more to the social aspects of college: 

This last picture for my toy hack represents the most broad and likely answer to my initial question: