Have any of you watched Arthur when you were a kid? Or even now?
Everyday after school, starting in the third or fourth grade, I would fix myself either a big bowl of chocolate chip and cookie dough ice cream or Ritz bits cheese sandwiches, run upstairs to the game room, and wait in front of the television for Arthur to come on. I don't know what it was about the show that got me so addicted. Other than Arthur, I did not really like to watch television. Our family didn't have cable until I was in middle school, so I grew up watching only mainstream PBS shows like Barney and Friends, Sesame Street, and even the Spanish show, Amigos, if anyone even remembers that, instead of Bear in the Big Blue House and Blue's Clues. Sometimes my older brother and I would watch adult shows like Friends, Frasier, and Seinfeld with our parents, not understanding the adult comedy. The one PBS show we both loved hands down was Arthur. I could never miss a single episode and sometimes Arthur was the highlight of my day. He taught me to not want a little sister anymore because they were absurdly annoying. He also taught me that staying at home with an illness, such as chickenpox, could benefit me. In addition, the third grader taught me the rich little spoilt girl will remain rich and spoilt until practically forever. Lastly, Arthur taught me that it was okay to not only wear an outfit to school two days in a row, but for four years. What I could not understand about Arthur after a year was...why wasn't he growing with me? Why wasn't Arthur aging like I was and moving on to the fourth grade? I began to think that Arthur was only made for third graders to watch. I was wrong about that because as I grew older, I kept learning something new from the aardvark. The forever 8-year-old bald animal kid taught me valuable lessons in life such as being a good friend, doing the right thing, believing in myself and finishing things, such as this blogpost. For real though, Arthur and his friends always seemed a bit more mature than the average 8-year-old. But then again I guess this character had to be so he could teach kids like me way 15 years ago how to be a good kid and combat the third grade and beyond.
Thanks for reading! I will probably write another other "What 'so and so television show' has taught me" posts in the future.
-Deepika
Everyday after school, starting in the third or fourth grade, I would fix myself either a big bowl of chocolate chip and cookie dough ice cream or Ritz bits cheese sandwiches, run upstairs to the game room, and wait in front of the television for Arthur to come on. I don't know what it was about the show that got me so addicted. Other than Arthur, I did not really like to watch television. Our family didn't have cable until I was in middle school, so I grew up watching only mainstream PBS shows like Barney and Friends, Sesame Street, and even the Spanish show, Amigos, if anyone even remembers that, instead of Bear in the Big Blue House and Blue's Clues. Sometimes my older brother and I would watch adult shows like Friends, Frasier, and Seinfeld with our parents, not understanding the adult comedy. The one PBS show we both loved hands down was Arthur. I could never miss a single episode and sometimes Arthur was the highlight of my day. He taught me to not want a little sister anymore because they were absurdly annoying. He also taught me that staying at home with an illness, such as chickenpox, could benefit me. In addition, the third grader taught me the rich little spoilt girl will remain rich and spoilt until practically forever. Lastly, Arthur taught me that it was okay to not only wear an outfit to school two days in a row, but for four years. What I could not understand about Arthur after a year was...why wasn't he growing with me? Why wasn't Arthur aging like I was and moving on to the fourth grade? I began to think that Arthur was only made for third graders to watch. I was wrong about that because as I grew older, I kept learning something new from the aardvark. The forever 8-year-old bald animal kid taught me valuable lessons in life such as being a good friend, doing the right thing, believing in myself and finishing things, such as this blogpost. For real though, Arthur and his friends always seemed a bit more mature than the average 8-year-old. But then again I guess this character had to be so he could teach kids like me way 15 years ago how to be a good kid and combat the third grade and beyond.
Thanks for reading! I will probably write another other "What 'so and so television show' has taught me" posts in the future.
-Deepika
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