“Come here, I want to tell you something. You know what’s out there? The world. You’re going to be part of it someday. You’re going to learn something from it every day. You’re going to make mistakes. You’re going to make good friends. And Mr. Feeny will probably teach you every grade you’re ever in. And maybe, you’ll meet a woman as wonderful as Topanga. How’d you like that? And maybe you’ll make a friend like Shawn. But when you’re not a little boy anymore; when the world taught you to be this man … you know, you’re still going to make mistakes. But your family and the friends you made along the way are going to help you. Even though it will seem like the world is going out of its way to teach you all these hard lessons you’re going to realize that, you know, it’s the same world that has given you your family and your friends. You’re going to come to believe that the world is going to protect you too. Boy meets world … now I get it.”

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