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Re: Baby Borrowers - Entertainment or Education?
by dave
Jun 19, 2008
On 6/19/08, Wyatt Dean wrote: > Has anyone heard about this show? They are positing it as > a social experiment designed to educate teens and prevent > teen pregnancy. I'm dubious, but it looks interesting. > > Thoughts? Should reality television be used as a teaching > tool? I've just done a diseration on it for my psychology MSc. The show seems to be trashy entertainment verging on the point of abuse to some of the people in it. This would never be allowed by any offical body because of the potential damaage it could do (and it turns out that it did to a lot of damage to some of the people on their.). Its not a proper experiement and nothing serious can be learned from it, just trashy telly at its worst.

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Wyatt Dean On 6/19/08, dave wrote: > On 6/19/08, Wyatt Dean wrote: >> Has anyone heard about this show? They are positing it as >> a social experiment designed to educate teens and prevent >> teen pregnancy. I'm dubious, but it looks interesting. >> >> Thoughts? Should reality television be used as a teaching >> tool? &g...See More
Jun 20, 2008
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PunkyPower I have heard of it but haven't seen it. I think I will check it out though because I keep hearing things about it. Some people love the idea of an innovative way to speak to the youth by turning these lessons into entertainment, while others are flat out opposed to the psychological trauma "borrowed" babies will have to sustain at the hands of irre...See More
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Jennifer Holmes A show like this is a perfect teaching tool for those lazy days. It's educational, has a good message and wil keep your class entertained. I say go for it!

On 6/20/08, PunkyPower wrote: > I have heard of it but haven't seen it. I think I will check > it out though because I keep hearing things about it. Some > people love the idea...See More
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Wyatt Dean Wow, Simone, you feel pretty strong about it! How did you get a sneak peak? I look forward to checking it out.

On 6/20/08, simone wrote: > This show may not be so bad!!! :)It's definitely educational, > definitely, definitely, and definitely....i got a sneak peak... > > On 6/20/08, Jennifer Holmes wrote: >> A show like th...See More
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Debbie-I've seen it On 6/21/08, Wyatt Dean wrote: > Wow, Simone, you feel pretty strong about it! How did you get a > sneak peak? I look forward to checking it out. > > On 6/20/08, simone wrote: >> This show may not be so bad!!! :)It's definitely educational, >> definitely, definitely, and definitely....i got a sneak peak... >> >> O...See More
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