Jaswinder Singh
Highlighted Lessons: A Look at life values through Spongebob
I was on the floor, holding my ankle as tight as I can, hoping to ease the pain. Everything around me had come to a pause. I couldn’t hear the basketball games around me anymore, the dribbling, players’ feet moving, coaches yelling, everything went mute. It felt like every single individual in that gym was staring at me. Embarrassment and frustration hit me at the same moment, clearly portrayed on my face. Eyes went red, body shaking with anger, and I was blaming myself and regretting being reckless. A few moments before, I was in the air grabbing the rebound, mind filled with pride and accomplishment of overcoming my 6 foot 4 inches’ opponent. The next second, I felt my ankle crack as I landed on his feet. Most would say that was the end of playing basketball for me, at least for the next few days.But I don’t know what happened to me, but I was even more determined to play. As I gathered my thoughts, a few minutes later, I was doing whatever it took, in order to play the next game. I wondered how I had those relentless, and completely optimistic qualities inside me?
Well, every person in any part of the world is a product of what information they have been exposed to throughout their lifetime. For young adults such as myself, we are definitely influenced by the information we consumed in our early childhood days. How did we spend our childhood days? Reading 500 pages’ educational books and attending seminars? I certainly don’t remember doing so. Children spend most of their time playing games and watching television. For example, I was definitely a loyal viewer of the comedic animated children’s show called “ SpongeBob Squarepants”. “Spongebob Squarepants” is a children show intended for kids under the age of 12. The show successfully teaches its audience life values, specifically optimism and kindness.Throughout the countless episodes, the characters face various scenarios, leading to a positive lesson being demonstrated to the view indirectly.
I can relate to the value of optimism and kindness I was indirectly taught by SpongeBob SquarePants, through my story in unit 2. After spraining my ankle, I refused to sit out the entire day and took initiative, and prepared myself to play the next game. I iced my ankle, used an ankle spray for injuries, wrapped and compressed the injury and at the end used a super protective ankle brace and played the game. As soon as I decided to play despite my injury, I personally won the championship already, against myself. My experience throughout my childhood contributed to my decision making that day and watching SpongeBob played a major part in teaching me those values such as optimism. Through my research in unit 3, I explained the positive values that children entertainment shows teach its audience.For instance, Romita P states in her article that children television teaches “ skills ranging from handling emotional trauma, interacting with peers, navigating through tough situations, and stimulating their imaginations through interactive quizzes and thinking patterns.”
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