I don’t watch TV much these days Because I spent so many years of my childhood glued to the couch with a firm grip on the remote. I can very clearly remember watching oh so many episodes of the show “Boy Meets World.” The main character of the show was this curly haired nerd named Cory Mathews who had a best friend named Shawn Hunter who lived in a trailer park. Despite being so weird looking Cory had this hot girlfriend named Topanga who was one of those spiritual artistic types. During my youth I would watch the show and not question the crazy adventures that Cory and Shawn and Topanga would get involved in. It always seemed that no matter what kind of trouble they could possibly find themselves in it could be resolved within a half hour even with enough room to squeeze in commercial breaks. Like the time Cory and Shawn accidentally get Cory’s Dad’s car impounded and just when it looks like they are royally screwed over Cory’s lifelong neighbor/teacher Mr. Pheeny shows up and saves the day. That was another thing that pissed me off about that show. There is no possible way that you could go through the entire educational system while having your best friend, girlfriend, and the same teacher for every year. Although at one point they change things up a little bit and have this younger teacher named Mr. Turner who drove a Harley and eventually has Shawn move in with him because Shawn’s Dad drives his trailer away to search for his long lost wife. I wish I had some teachers that had been like that, it would have made school a lot easier.
In real life your teachers just teach you, write recommendation letters and give advice from time to time. They never show up just in the nick of time to save your ass from getting arrested. They never ask you to move in with them when you need a place to stay. And they never walk you through your entire life.
That whole show was a bunch of bullshit. Real life is nothing like that at all. I would consider myself lucky if any of my problems could be solved in a half hour.
That whole show was a bunch of bullshit. Real life is nothing like that at all. I would consider myself lucky if any of my problems could be solved in a half hour.
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