In the episode "Quiz Show" Mr. Feeny really let the kids know how he really felt about their education and future generations.
shareAnd because of that, I'm constantly quoting him on that speech, it still holds VERY true and most relevant for today's generation.
shareGreat speech. Wish when I did that with my students it would resonate with them in the same way.
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That is what makes him so great. You don't see many teachers like that today. He was determined to make sure they got an education.
shareYou didnt saw many teacher like that back then, either.
He's fiction.
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I dunno I've had many in-class teachers similar to Feeny. They didn't run my personal lives as well, but I've gotten chewed out on behalf of an entire lazy generation before
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One of the best "The Reason You Suck" speeches in television history.
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For the most part, I agree with what he had to say, but if he meant that the kids should not spend any of their time using this new technology for fun or leisure, then I think it makes him sound harsh. Either way, the speech was excellent and it even made me feel bad for embracing pop culture.
sharebut if he meant that the kids should not spend any of their time using this new technology for fun or leisure, then I think it makes him sound harsh
That scene was powerful, especially when he 'walks out on them'. That's when you know he was pissed.
Yeah, but their kids, that's what most kids do. Kids, for the most part, really only care about their own little world. Sure they may care about bigger things but they can't really do anything about it. That's the way it has been forever.
shareYeah, but their kids, that's what most kids do. Kids, for the most part, really only care about their own little world. Sure they may care about bigger things but they can't really do anything about it. That's the way it has been forever.
You're acting like it's impossible to do both. I have friends who like video games and travel the world and study. They're not mutually exclusive.
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So what if they do? It's their life.
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and they really can't participate in their adult lives if they chose this sedentary lifestyle and then THEY HAVE TO STAY SEDENTARY [too fat to move].
Oh God. Fortune vomits on my eiderdown once more. Edmund Blackadder.
Those aren't the leaders of tomorrow though. People that end up as leaders aren't the ones that are sitting around watching TV and playing video games all the time.
shareThat's a really ignorant way of looking at things. Playing video games and TV aren't the downfall of society. You've never watched TV or played video games in between going to school and working?
shareNot to mention that many video games nowadays are being used to tell fascinating stories, and immerse the players in amazing virtual experiences. See: Bioshock, Fallout, many JRPGs. It irks me that people act like video games are a shallow, pointless medium as if books automatically are a superior form of education and entertainment.
shareas if books automatically are a superior form of education and entertainment.
Well they are. Especially given it doesn't waste your time with 'get killed 20 times and go back to level 1 20 times'.
That's a really ignorant way of looking at things. Playing video games and TV aren't the downfall of society. You've never watched TV or played video games in between going to school and working?
"For the first time, I choose to walk out on you."
I love it!
Better, full scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEYKe0NlEg4
sharethe sad part is, he says that to kids nowadays in reality: he gets called on the carpet for verbal abuse.
srsly.
Reading the paper can really be depressing. Mr. Dithers fired Dagwood again.
It was understandable he felt the future was bleak, given that Cory and the rest of the class had thought that they'd accomplished something big in life by answering questions about things they already knew, like video games or comic books. They didn't have to learn or memorize anything they didn't already know, which takes away from their incentive to gather knowledge.
shareBecause school isn't anything like Mr. Feeny's tiny classroom.
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