Time To Change - The Brady Bunch Kids
from the television show The Brady Bunch (1972) When I was in early grade school, our teacher assigned us to keep a record of how many hours of television we watched over the course of one week. Mistaking this for a contest, I set out to be the winner. After school, I would race home and turn on the tube. After my mother sent me to bed, I would sneak downstairs and watch TV with the sound turned low until I fell asleep. I was determined. The next week, Ms. Gregory went around the room asking each of us to tell the class how many hours we watched. Most were in the teens. Maybe one guy broke thirty. When they got to me I proudly announced triple digits. My teacher was horrified. What type of parents would abandon their child in front of the television for 100+ hours a week? No wonder I grew up to be a media junkie. Rather than be embarrassed, I am still proud of it. I applied myself, and learned that success is measured by dedicating yourself to a goal, working hard, an