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I am a certified couch potato.  Well, at least after work. If not for discovering this whole blogging world, I’d probably be popping in one DVD after another into my player, watching endless marathons of Grey’s Anatomy, Gossip Girl, The Practice, Sex and the City, Friends, and Ally Mc Beal.  I don’t really watch movies much on my DVD, just TV series. At one point I watched the entire 5 seasons of Ally in 4 and a half days. How, you may ask? Well, to put it simply: di ako natutulog! Luckily it was a point in time where I took a leave from work for personal reasons so I had no worries about waking up early to go to work or whatnot.

Anyway, in the past few days I’ve been noticing the dialogues in these shows that I’ve been watching. Not that I didn’t notice it before, but before, I think I was more focused on the storyline of the show, rather than honing in on specific statements said in the show. Because of this, it dawned on me how much of an influence television really is. It’s apparently not only true for kids, but even for adults as well. Of course shows like Oprah, Dateline, and the like are definitely highly influential, I often used to regard TV series’ as simple entertainment. Now I realize I was wrong.

These TV series’ (I gotta give props to the writers of these shows because they are brilliant!) have influenced and changed a lot of my perceptions, beliefs and ideas in their own subtle ways. Those opening and closing narratives in Grey’s, for example, helped me get through a very rough time in my life. Comments made on Ally McBeal made me rethink old ideas I’ve had for the longest time. When watching Sex and the City, the questions Carrie would post when she’d be writing her column were things I could not just laugh or cry about, but it would be a reminder for me to take pause and to listen.

With that said, I decided to start a new category of posts in my blog. Because TV is such an influential teacher, this Teacher will also give Teacher TV a space in her blog

The title of this post is taken from something I often hear Miley Cyrus say in her show Hannah Montana. (yes, I watch the Disney Channel…no, I don’t have a Hannah Montana DVD!).  More posts on TV series to come!