1. Presented by “Finchie” (Hannah Finch), Mad Dog Mary (Mary Fernando), “Lilo” (Solina Moore)

2. Blues Clues is an early-childhood education TV show. This TV show started Sept. 8, 1996 and aired until Aug.6, 2006. This show was intended to help child development and was based off of the 1960s TV show Sesame Street.

3. Sesame Street is a children TV show that is both educational and entertaining. Sesame street began to air on November 10, 1969. The show was talked about in 1966 by Joan Ganz Cooney and Llyod Morrisett as a way to connect TV and education for children.

4. Thought question: How can watching television help a child academically?

5.  “Good teaching is interactive. It engages the child individually. It uses all the senses. It responds to the child. But a televison is just a talking box” (Gladwell 90).

6.  “One critical factor in epidemics is the nature of the messenger” (Gladwell 91). This argument is logical. Humans like attractive things and seamlessly veer closer to things they like.

7.  What specific things can we do to make what we say stick?

8.  “The specific quality that a message needs to be successful is the quality of “stickiness” (Gladwell 92).  When humans want something to be “sticky” we make sure we say it in emphasis. (Talking loudly, or saying it over and over again.)  The messenger matters: they are what makes things spread. How is a message so memorable that it can create change, or spur someone into action?

9.  “If you paid careful attention to the structure and format of your material, you could dramatically enhance stickiness” (Gladwell 110) This argument is logical. In order to make someone remember everything, or at least the important parts, you have to make sure you say it in a memorable way.

10. Gladwell argues that the most critical part of the Law of The Few is the nature of the messenger. Are his examples enough to convince you of this or are you leaning away from it completely?