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by Michael Pascua, posted Jun 24th 2009 3:02PM
I watched that damn aquarium Visa commercial for months now and it finally dawned upon me what ticked me off about it. It's not the fact that the little girl has the freakiest of eyes, it's the fact that the father pulled his daughter out of school to go to the aquarium. Since I'm not a parent, I often forget that kids don't make their own schedules and are stuck in school from around eight to three.
I'm part of that school of thought that thinks every day at school is important. You never know when there is a pop quiz, an important study class, or even something that teaches your child social manners. Taking your child out teaches the kid that you're allowed to get away from school when you're not actually sick or have an appointment. Pulling your daughter out on a Tuesday is also bad because it throws off her attention for the rest of the week. She'll be thinking about the aquarium until Friday and not about her school work.
Clearly the daughter didn't look sick and the father was happy to take her. I'm just hoping that he talked to her teacher first so either the daughter has to write a small story or have a presentation about the aquarium or she has all the exact information that the rest of the class had.
I don't believe that the parent also brought his daughter to the aquarium in the afternoon as the song suggests either. Many aquariums close at five or six. The parent would have to pick up the kid at three and drive to the aquarium. By the time they get there, they only have an hour and a half left. At that point, they should have just gone to the IMAX movie.
I don't care what Morgan Freeman voices over or the trippy music of the Moody Blues playing in the background. Also, does this mean that Visa can only do rewards on Tuesdays? That doesn't influence me to become a member at all. Any parents out there please post your opinions about this commercial.
I'm part of that school of thought that thinks every day at school is important. You never know when there is a pop quiz, an important study class, or even something that teaches your child social manners. Taking your child out teaches the kid that you're allowed to get away from school when you're not actually sick or have an appointment. Pulling your daughter out on a Tuesday is also bad because it throws off her attention for the rest of the week. She'll be thinking about the aquarium until Friday and not about her school work.
Clearly the daughter didn't look sick and the father was happy to take her. I'm just hoping that he talked to her teacher first so either the daughter has to write a small story or have a presentation about the aquarium or she has all the exact information that the rest of the class had.
I don't believe that the parent also brought his daughter to the aquarium in the afternoon as the song suggests either. Many aquariums close at five or six. The parent would have to pick up the kid at three and drive to the aquarium. By the time they get there, they only have an hour and a half left. At that point, they should have just gone to the IMAX movie.
I don't care what Morgan Freeman voices over or the trippy music of the Moody Blues playing in the background. Also, does this mean that Visa can only do rewards on Tuesdays? That doesn't influence me to become a member at all. Any parents out there please post your opinions about this commercial.
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