Re:TV
Mark J. Sikorski (mjs@worldweb.net)
Thu, 18 Sep 1997 17:31:02 -0400
i totally agree. my little brother is 10 years old. the first thing he does
when he gets home from school is plop infront of the tv. and he's quite
content to waste the afternoon that way. he's suppost to read for 20 minutes
a day as a school assignment. my parents have to force him to read b/c he is
just not interested. tv is much more entertaining and appealing to him.
don't ask me to explain why, because i have no idea. i for one prefer a book.
jenn
>Well, that's the wrong approach, because violence is not the only reason
>to be worried about television exposure to children. A greater concern to
>me is the way it engenders passivity in children (or anyone who's watched
>too much). Not all television does, but a lot of children's television
>does. And adult television too. You don't have to think too much or too
>hard, you don't have too reach out to it, decipher it, or seek levels of
>meaning in it; it's easy and fast and it comes to you nice and quick and
>then its gone.
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>So who needs literature? Who needs Salinger? Can't figure out those damned
>stories anyway. I'll just sit her and watch FOX all night. No, TV is
>great for kids.
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>RickL
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