British version of ‘Degrassi’ broadcasts ‘authentic teenage lives’ My friend recently introduced me to the beauty behind the British television show (that appears on channel E4 in the U.K and avails itself on your Netflix Instawatch) “Skins.”

We live in a culture that extols instant gratification, and as fiercely autonomous Americans, we generally look for quick and easy ways to take charge of uncontrollable factors in our lives — energy...