Saturday, November 08, 2008

Keeping It Real - Degrassi Style



If you've never seen or heard of Degrassi High... you are seriously missing out. If the names
Wheels, Snake, and Joey aren't familiar to you, the you didn't have a chance to connect with real kids with real high school problems.

Degrassi is an old Canadian teen drama that we used to watch when I was in school (grade school). When you grow up watching Canadian television, then you understand that this teen drama was far superior then anything seen in the US - 90210, Hey Dude, or even Fifteen. Rob and I would watch old episodes in college. In Houghton, there isn't much to do when it snows from October - May, so watching Degrassi was great way to keep it real.


don't think he realized that there were 3 seasons that he missed. So as a special treat we rented it on Netflix. Over the last 2 weeks, we've been watching a few episodes a night to catch up. It really covers on all the important teen drAma (to pronounce like a true Canadian).

Just to name a few (courtesy of Degrassifans.com):
Date Rape
Teen Pregnancy
Suicide
Depressions
Eating Disorders

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