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Hey Everyone, Angela Bowen here, and today I'm bringing you a special episode in honor of Teacher Appreciation Day, Boy Meets World S1E8: Teacher's Bet, which aired on November 19, 1993. In this episode Mr. Feeny makes a bet with Cory to teach his class for a week, if more students pass Cory wins, and if more students fail, Feeny wins. I really enjoyed this episode and felt it had a lot of positive points for us 90's kids when it came to talking about an important subject such as prejudice as we watch through the eyes of young Cory Matthews, as he's hit with an example of prejudice at home with his brother Eric's girlfriend Linda who's Asian after she is slammed with a derogatory term (for the show they just refer to it as bad name, but we all know what they mean) by some racist idiot at the mall and Cory's mind is blown after he just told his Dad, that prejudice is something that happened a long time ago like with Anne Frank and the Nazis. He really has no clue. His reality bubble is about to be burst. He finally reads the book and figures since he's the teacher now the only way to get these kid's to listen is to personally attack his best friend Shawn by calling him a "wop" which is a word that people used as derogatory to Italian Americans. I remember it was used in the movie An Officer and a Gentleman with Richard Gere and Debra Winger. He called her a "wop". Shawn is equally hurt and offended to the point of slamming Corey against the classroom door, threatening to knock his head off and that's when Corey schools him and the rest of the class informing them how in the days of Anne Frank and Nazi Germany you could be killed just based on your race, skin color and religion, or even just based on your mother's last name. Corey finally gets the kids to see the light, read the book and hopefully pass the test. Thus learning that it's not so easy being a teacher. The episode gives just enough info to the viewers but not enough to frighten them completely, figuring if the kids want to know more they can seek out information at the local library. Today, we have so many books, middle grade and young adult alike that can help educate kids and maybe even help them relate to characters that are facing the problems of prejudice and racism as well as deportation. Today the world is filled with knowledge on this subject from books, movies, the internet, and museums. There is no reason the children of today should be uneducated on this subject. As always Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stay Positive! We WILL Get Through THIS!! To EMAIL The Podcast Go To: lbomwonderyearspodcast@gmail.com