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Vicki and school

posted 15 years ago by Twinka2
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Since Vicki was a school girl during the majority of the series, she must have been home schooled. Was it ever addressed who took on this responsibility? The captain, her father, seemed to be too busy running the ship and having affairs with women at every port to do this. In fact, Vicki was the result of one of those affairs, who knows how many other "Vickis" there were "floating around" out there (no pun intended), but that's another story.

There was one episode where Julie and Vicki were working on homework together. Maybe Julie took on the role of teacher as well as cruise director?

I remember when the captain was first going to take custody of Vicki, a social worker took a cruise to assess whether or not this would be an appropriate environment for her.

I agree with her assessment that Vicki was not able to form lasting friendships with kids her own age. That can be more of a challenge for any kid who is home schooled, but much more so when they spend their teenage years on a ship.

I am close to the same age as Jill Whelan and she was one of my favorite actresses growing up, I would have loved to have a friend like her. I felt bad for her character though, I think she missed out on a lot.

[–] jones-39 15 years ago

I think you may be taking the show a little too seriously. It was the Love Boat - not a Ken Burn documentary.

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[–] Twinka2 15 years ago

Taking the show too seriously??

I am not taking the show any more seriously than anyone else who is posting on this thread is.

I suppose it could be considered a waste of time to post about and discuss a make believe TV show that aired thirty years ago as if it were a real life situation, but then, there are a lot of us who do it.

The purpose of threads on IMDb is so that the fans, for fun and entertainment, can reminisce and discuss the show as if it were a real life situation.

What I simply was getting at is, does anyone remember how or if the issue of the schooling of the character of Vicki was addressed?

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[–] VegasNanny08 13 years ago

She was definitely home-schooled. I believe the whole crew took part in helping, although her schooling was rarely mentioned on the show. I loved that ep where the social worker comes on board. LOL

[–] Dark_Sithlord 15 years ago

I suppose her father hired a tutor to school Vicki during the day. That would be my best guess.

I wouldn't feel too badly for her character. She spent her teen years on a cruise ship traveling to exotic places, meeting new people every day, and learning about different cultures. Some would envy her.

[–] elysergooser 14 years ago

Charo was her nanny! :)

[–] leroykevin 13 years ago

Charo was her nanny! :)

OH COULD JUST SEE THIS.

Captain Stubbing: Well Vicki, What did you learn in school today?
Vicki: (Shaking her hips) COOCHIE CHOOCHIE CHOOCHIE!

[–] amazon423 12 years ago

I remember Lauren Tewes' character giving her a stack of books with assignments in the early episodes of her presence so she was home schooled with field trips to make her the envy of anyone. What an education she got! I once allowed my 14 year old daughter to miss 3 days of school to go to a powwow in New Mexico with her brother and sister-in-law who was a Jicarilla Apache. I figured that 3 days of experiencing a probably once in a lifetime event of another culture was very educational and it was. She lived another culture for several days that she hasn't been able to do since in the 14 years since.

[–] nrangerseven 11 years ago

There's a difference between missing three days of school and being homeschooled. Homeschooled kids are pathetically socially awkward. They only know how to relate to adults and not to kids their own age. It is NOT something to envy. Don't homeschool your kids. It's really not worth it in the long run if you want your kids to be self-sufficient adults. They can't handle the real world. I work at a university and see it all the time. The weird kids are always the homeschooled kids. Their embarrassment is heartbreaking. Kids who have lived in poverty or with abusive parents cope so much better than self-centered homeschooled kids.

And going to a powwow for 3 days isn't really "living another culture". A powwow is nowhere close to portraying how Native Americans actually live on a daily basis! To live another culture you have to actually be there for more than a few days. Vicki wasn't completely immersed in other cultures either simply because she visited foreign ports.

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[–] stevewyzard (1669) a year ago

Yet another self-congratulating academic.

And I say that as someone who doesn't believe in home-schooling.

[–] [deleted] 10 months ago

Funny!

[–] SataiDelen 10 years ago

I VAGUELY remember the crew coming together and convincing the social worker that they would all pitch in to make sure she got a good education. I would guess that as someone else said, a tutor was hired for her.

You bring up a very good, valid point about her traveling to different places and learning about different cultures. In some ways, one could say she had a better education than kids who are locked up in a classroom. A smart tutor would have had her learn about the cultures at whatever port(s) the ship was sailing to that week, and then do a kind of field trip with her so she could experience that culture and way of life close up.

[–] Tobey 12 years ago

I recall an episode where she had to take exams or something similar so she could continue her schooling on-board the ship. I haven't seen the show in years but used to watch it when it was on Prime Time and through years of reruns.

[–] TheFatDruidofNacyl 12 years ago

I think they probably had everyone on the ship help her with her studies.

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[–] mom2joshua 10 years ago

For some reason I remember an episode where the Captain told a social worker one of the crew members had a degree in education.