Television

Television has become one of the most addicting pastimes for so many people in the world. Since 1923, when the first television was invented, it has been gaining more popularity. Although a lot of people believe that this is either for better or for worse, I believe it is for both. One topic I would like to focus on is education. A lot of channels these days are starting to lean toward being educational. They attempt to make sure that in almost every episode the audience learns something knew. Another detail is that a lot of people enjoy watching violence and such, which is also commonly found on TV; but there is the problem of small children watching these shows and attempting to imitate. I would also like to talk about addiction. Many people these days automatically get glued to the television when they come home and they never feel like doing anything else such as exercising, going outside, or possibly spending time with their family.

Most shows now a day are starting to incorporate education. In my opinion, I believe that this is the right thing to do because a lot of people spend good amount of their day watching TV instead of doing productive things such as working. Making TV educational end up allowing them to learn new things, such as how to cook, or how to exercise, or it can even teach children to be polite

Generally, a lot of people in the world believe that violence is an amazing and fun thing to watch. Even though I do agree with this, I also believe that there is a negative side to watching violence. Most violence comes from violent TV. What I believe ends up happening is that kids end up watching TV when they are young and then they start to think that that is how life is. As an example, a small child might see that someone on TV gets revenge on someone else for hurting him or her. The child might end up running into a bully at school, which might end up hurting the kid. Because of what the child saw on TV, he could think that it would be better to fight back, rather than to go tell a teacher.

For most people TV is a way to get away from everything; from school, parents, family, friends, and sometimes physical activities. Now I understand that there is nothing wrong with this if it’s done occasionally, but what tends to end up happening is that people get addicted, and it becomes what they do all day. As soon as they end up coming home after an activity, or straight after they wake up, they go straight to the TV; this usually ends up causing them to gain a lot of weight, and to start becoming unhealthy, and sometimes they even lose friends. There are so many problems, we need to find solutions for, and I believe that parents should think about monitoring how much time their children spend watching TV

As you see, Television can be a positive and negative asset at the same time. You may be able to learn new things that you can use in your life, but at the same time you could run into violent programs, or possibly get addicted. Although you may be thinking that the best option is to just not watch TV, its not. People created TV for enjoyment and that is what people should use it for. I just believe that people need to be careful of what they watch, and how much they watch it.

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