my son..now 28.. and i watched the original degrassi jr.high..the show always addressed pertinent issues..and opened the door for many memorable discussions between us..my sons name was jeremiah..and of course he was joey jeremiahs biggest fan.. now i spend each night watching the next generation with my daughter angel..10 years old..the show has once again brought up discussions of issues tweeners and teens face on a daily basis.. both shows dispelled the myth that life is "breakfast with the cleavers"..and have done so in a style that is both thought provoking and refreshing.. i am waiting for the day the original degrassi jr.high is put back on television..

I was really little when this show first came out and my mum didn't let me watch TV. But I saw a re-run on cable the other night, I was watching it with a kid i was babysitting, and I couldn't stop myself from bursting out laughing. It was sooo terrible! Man i think this might just be the worst tv show ever, aside from Passions. This was spike: "(slumps shoulders in a really exaggerated manner) they don't allow pregnant girls at degrassi" and her friends: "oh, that's like so terrible" spike :"(turns around, pretending to be dramatic, and has head in the air) I'll get my year, you wait and see" SAVE US ALL!!!!

Degrassi Junior High(DJH) was on Mexican TV in year 1993 in April, May and June. In that time I was 11 years old now I'm 21. I always watched it, I really enjoyed watching. I don't remember any episodes very well, but I'll try. I have watch no one in years like many of you, but in those days I remembered that I used to stay alone in the afternoons (no daddy, no mom, no sister at home), I turned on the TV and I watched it.I loved the character of Spike because of that `different' hair. In one or two episodes, she got pregnant and her boyfriend asked her if she wanted that he would marry her. Spike was sat down on the stairs and she said that she didn't want to have the baby.Another episode that I can remember is when one of the twins got pregnant in the summer holiday. She had an abortion. She went to a clinic. I would like to watched this TV-series again, but I think that in Mexico the TV-series won't be on TV again, too bad for Mexican teenagers.In Mexico the title of this TV-series was `The Degrassi's students' it was on Channel 7 in Mexico city.NEVER ANOTHER TV-SERIES WILL DO THE SAME LIKE DJH, no Saved by the Bell, no Ready or Not, no Beverly Hill 90210, no Dawson's Creek.

I enjoyed watching this show in high school and college. The main theme of the show was problems faced by kids while growing up (including teen pregnancy, drugs, peer pressure, death of a loved one, relationships, etc.), and I had heard of teachers using it to invoke class discussions during school. All in all, I recommend this to anyone who has ever been a teenager.