Hot take: the Mr. Feeny life advice I ignored for 20 years finally sank in

Back in 1998, my 7th grade teacher Mr. Garcia had us watch Boy Meets World and told us to pay attention to Feeny's little speeches. I rolled my eyes then. Fast forward to last month, I was stuck on a work thing and randomly remembered Feeny telling Cory 'believe in yourselves, not in the dream.' Mr. Garcia said that same line was about pushing through the boring daily grind. I messaged him on Facebook to say thanks. Anyone else have a teacher who connected classroom stuff to a specific 90s show?

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bethcarr18d ago

Wait, you actually found your 7th grade teacher on Facebook and messaged him to say thanks for that? That's wild, I love it. I mean, I can barely remember what I had for breakfast yesterday, let alone what some teacher told me back in 1998. You remembering that specific Feeny line and then connecting it to a boring work grind is insane. Mr. Garcia must have been a pretty special teacher to have that stick with you for 20 years. I had a teacher who tried the same thing with Full House, but honestly, all I got out of it was a sudden craving for pancakes every time she said "You got it, dude." You just reminded me that I still need to catch up with old Mr. Henderson from high school before he forgets who I am.

gavinhunt18d ago

Wonder if Mr. Garcia knew back then which kids needed that line the most.