How has watching Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood affected you or your child?
Honestly, I think Mr Rogers affected me even more as an adult than as a kid.It seems to me that he did his best work for children who really needed him. Abused, ignored, or undervalued children.My parents ensured I felt none of those things. I had difficult challenges but I always had my parents.Now that my father has been gone over seven years, I have many videos of Mr Rogers being interviewed and his commencement addresses and award acceptance speeches. All that in addition to his shows.I believe now is when we need him the most as an example to love and forgive.
Is there any data or evidence that Mr. Rogers’ ideology encouraged entitlement mentality?
The makers of the currently released "Won't You Be My Neighbor" discuss this exact topic and I think they address it well.In his final commencement speech Mr Rogers explained that when he says you're special just the way you are, what he means is that you don't have to do anything extraordinary to deserve love. This is a basic tenet of Christianity, that God loves us all no matter what we do or think and Mr Rogers (an ordained minister) wanted every child who watched his show to know they deserved love.If you watch his interactions in public with people, you'll see some of the people he met tell stories about when they were abused children and how much his show meant to them every day.Here are a couple videos I like:It's truly amazing to see his impact on millions of people.
What is your review of Christ University?
I am afraid I have an ambivalent opinion about Christ. My two years in Christ was literal hell. Well I had expectations about the college and I guess it all went down the drain and that's a lesson I learnt: Do not have expectations. On introspection I realise that most of my dislike had to do with my batch and not wholly the college. I was in the wrong place with wrong people and in the wrong time. I have literally spent counting the no.of days to get over with Christ. Looking back I can't help but laugh at my past desperation. The only solace was to find like minded people in my batch. From the syllabus to the people and of course the rules, Christ was a virtual hell! If it were not for a kind faculty, I would have definitely dropped the course. And today am proud I SURVIVED Christ. Albeit the hatred towards Christ, I believe a part of me is always thankful towards the institution for chiselling me to face the world better. Like I always say, Christ is a university that prepares u for life; Christ has forced me come out of my coccon. It has made me strong and independent. With the university being a cauldron of varied cultures I got to meet people of varied kinds. Today I live in Saudi Arabia and feel at ease abiding to the rules in this country, well, thanks to Christ university for training me to cope with rules! So, yes I am caught in a dichotomy when it comes to Christ university.
What are some of your favorite quotes?
For instance some of mine are - "Nothing's ever for sure" .."That's the only sure thing I do know" "There is a justice higher than that of man. I will be judged by him." "A life lived in fear is a life half lived" What about yours?