TOM & JERRY MOMENTS – I

PUSS GETS THE BOOT

I must have been in Standard 5^th when I first watched the famous Tom & Jerry cartoon. My uncle intermittently asked a question, “Do you know what these types of movies are called, and which type of movie is most difficult to make?” I did not have an answer to it, so he himself answered, “These types of movies are called animations, and animations are most difficult of all movies to make.” I believed him instantly, as I had always done, since my uncles had always acted as the most important source of acquiring learning for me! It was years later that I started exploring animations from the perspective of cognition and Instructional Design [ID]. What exposed me to this thought was again another interesting anecdote.