Ted Turner's Cultural Significance

TBS will be discussed in further detail in a later paragraph.
             Before we talk about the significance, lets talk about the life of Ted Turner. He was born November 19, 1938, to the parents of Ted and Florence Turner in Cincinnati, Ohio. From his mother, Ted inherited good looks and outgoing personality. From his father he inherited extreme mood swings and his driven nature. His childhood mainly focused on his schooling. By attending a boarding school in Cincinnati and eventually a military school, both parents were focused on his positive upbringing. When Ted was nine, he moved from Cincinnati to Savannah, Georgia because his father decided that he needed more discipline by enrolling him into the rigid Georgia Military Academy. At an early age, Ed bought his son a small boat and encouraged his son to race. This soon became a passion for Ted that led to him winning the America's Cup later on in his life. After graduating the McCallie School, a Presbyterian military academy in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Ted enrolled at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. During his college years, Turner experienced some family drama. This included his parents" divorce, his now terminally ill sister who was soon to die, and Ted ultimately began to drink. Even with all this, he still managed to focus on school. He changed his major a couple of times. At one point it was on the study of the classics that included mainly literature. His attention soon changed to Greek studies and eventually he focused on economics. Turner was ultimately kicked out of Brown because he was caught with a girl in his dorm room. Out of school, Turner had a little stint with the U.S. Coast Guard in Miami, Florida. Here, he met and married his first wife, Judy Nye. Ted then moved back to Savannah, where he worked for his father. After acquiring a billboard business in the south, Ted's father found a little bit of success. However, this success ultimately led to debt and a great deal of responsibility and pressure.