The character I am analyzing is "Ned Bigby" from Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. The show first aired in September 2003 and ended June 2007. Ned seems to be quite an average middle-class student in school going through the typical struggles of a middle school student. Together with his best friends "Moze" and "Cookie", they come up with rules of survival for students entering/going through middle school. The entire premise of the show is to give kids advice when handling everyday situations in school, so a large variety of problems/issues come up over the course of several episodes. Going off of this, Ned seems to get himself in trouble quite often. This can include problems with faculty, problems with other students, failing school work, getting detentions, relationship issues, etc... He generally seems to always be getting in some sort of trouble. Taking all of this into consideration, Ned could be viewed as a problem child from an adult's perspective. I wouldn't say that he necessarily needs assistance in a classroom, but it seems as though he would need several reminders to remain focused on class material. Here is a video of Ned and his friends being disruptive in a music class. (Sorry this was the shortest one I could find.)
Besides his occasional low test scores/missing homework and everyday shenanigans, Ned is quite a good person with a caring heart for his fellow students. He has a very obvious care for his best friends and any students that come to him in need of help. He would make a much better life coach than middle school student.
I wonder if Ned would benefit from project-based learning and using a non-profit organization to fulfill his assignment, since he seems to really like helping people? Good post!
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