Television?

I disagree with the statement that if we unplug all the TV sets in America, our children would grow up to be healthier, better educated, and more independent human beings. I do not agree with this because television can be very informative depending on what is being watched. Children can watch intellectual television channels like the Discovery Channel or anything else made for children to learn something from. Sometimes, the things they learn on TV may not be taught in schools. Some of the television shows that are out now teach children what not to do and how to act in certain social situations.

Also, as we are now in a very electronic based era, many things that are talked about nowadays have to do with television. Things that happen in the world may only be seen on the television in the world news. Current events can, at times, only be heard or seen in the news on TV. And children would never know about anything happening in the world if they were not allowed to watch TV. An example of this is when the September 11^th terrorist attacks happened. I, myself, found out what was going on through the television. There, I got to see what was really happening and not only hear through people’s opinions of what they thought was going on.

On television, children can also watch several important things, such as the presidential speeches. In doing so it gives kids a chance to form their own opinions of the different candidates. Without TV none of this would be possible and children would be lacking some very important knowledge they can find out from the television.