MAY 3 — My mother used to scold me when I was young for watching too many cop shows on television. She didn’t understand why I wasted my time watching them and devoted less time on my studies.

The cop shows were exciting and taught me many of life’s lessons I would not have gathered at home.

Later, I figured that the main reason why I like watching cop shows was because it provided me with an infusion of real-world good values through the heroic characters on the shows.