As the color episodes have been running recently on TVLand, I got to thinking about a few things. One, to quiet my bias toward only the B&W episodes. There are real gems in the "color years"! And although I'm one who thinks the show had a different feel and flavor in its later years, it is still classic TV and I can't help but watch. Isn't that a sign of a great story....you just can't it down even though you know how it comes out?
I also got to thinking about Miss Crump and Opie's education at Mayberry. Its interesting, don't you agree, that Helen remained Opie's teacher up through the years? I wonder if he and the other children were well served by having the same teacher year after year? I suspect there would be many advantages....not unlike the one room country school people romantically recall. (and I attended) The teacher really gets to know her/his students and knows how to reach them and motivate them. Of course there could be disadvantages if you had a poor teacher year after year.....what did Barney and Andy call one of their teachers, "the monster up on 4th floor".?...something like that.... Mayberry was hardly a one room school.....yet she always seemed to be Opie's teacher. Now I suppose its possible, she was his "home room" teacher in those later years, and he really did have other teachers, but I don't recall any others. I would have to think Opie and his classmates were well served by a dedicated and caring educator who taught more than the curriculum called for. May we all have such caring and professional teachers. Your thoughts please. Dennis Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
