author_by_night: (From Pexels)
So Community is on Netflix, and naturally I've been rewatching. It got me thinking about my community college years, and the reality versus fiction. Of course, I will be doing my comparisons keeping in mind that the show diverged from any semblance of reality pretty early on.

As this is a public post, I am keeping things pretty general. For all intents and purposes, I will call my school MGCC - My Greendale Community College. Spoilers for all six seasons, probably? But mostly the first three.

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Community

Apr. 19th, 2010 05:02 pm
author_by_night: (CSI Greendale by inthe_sunshine)
So  I've gotten into this show on NBC called Community, and wanted to share my thoughts on it.

The show is about a man, Jeff, who was a lawyer but was put on probation because his degree wasn't as valid as they'd thought. To avoid being disbarred, he attends Greendale Community College. The show goes on to chronicle the mishaps of Jeff and those in his Spanish study group.

As a former community college student, I was a bit hesitant to tune into this show. However, I love how even the Spanish study group really reflects the atmosphere of a community college. The ages of the characters vary, as did the ages of the students at my school, although admittedly most were in the 16-19 age range. *

There's also a Dean in the show who loves to emphasize that it's not "loser college" over and over and over. I certainly had professors like that! "Now, don't think this class will be easy just because you're in Community College. Community College is just as valid as any other college. Got it? Good." 

The humor is good - as with all comedies, there's some things that don't quite match up with my sense of humor, but for the most part, I find the show amusing. The only thing is that it can get a tad OTT .

I'd especially recommend it if:

- You've gone to community college and/or currently attend community college. It's obviously the TV version of community college, but still.

- You like The Office - the humor is along the same lines of the earlier seasons of The Office in particular.

- You loved those high school sitcoms and always wished there were more about college.

I can't wait for the show to return from break this week! 

* We had a lot of homeschoolers.

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