English Comp I Kayal 11/5/13 TV Does Not Make You Smarter There is no doubt that television holds a purpose in our society today‚ but is that purpose brain-numbing or actually beneficial to our brain development? The television‚ also known as: TV‚ the boob tube‚ the idiot box‚ as well as many other nicknames‚ has been around for almost a hundred years. Ever since cable TV became popular in the 1950’s‚ there has always been a worry that people watch too much TV. Most people believe that with exorbitant
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common knowledge that TV has negative effects on the brain and reduces its capacity to think. Many would argue against it‚ by saying that it opens up a whole new world to you. However‚ the truth remains that adverse effects of television eclipse any kind of positive effect it might bring. Negative Effects of Television on the Brain Addiction to Audio-Visual The first and foremost unwanted effect of television is‚ addiction. A viewer enters a hypnotic state while watching TV for a long time. This
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to ever be created‚ or is it? I cannot imagine life without a TV. Television provides information and entertainment. Nowadays almost all people have their TV at home. Ever since I read Dana Stevens article‚ I’ve learned that television does more harm than good to people’s lives. TV can be comforting but it can get addicting. It teaches children to sit and watch adventure TV shows than actually doing it. Society thinks that watching TV is okay but in my opinion it’s not it can teach children bad things
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Children are spending way to much time watching television instead of going outside and running in the sun or playing with their friends. So T.V is a bad hobby being introduced to small children that later on that will be their weakness when trying to study or do homework. It will soon hit them as an obstacle and they will eventually start getting bad grades‚ becoming violent and rude‚ and maybe even dropping out of school. Violent kids‚ talking bad‚ rude‚ flunkers‚ ect. Those are all examples
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Draft Watching TV- Is good for you? While it may be disliked by parents‚ friends or you neighbors in your town‚ TV industry is a permanent part of our world. In the history of TV‚ it began in 1873. It can help people in several ways while they are watching. Watching TV is an excellent way to relieve stress. When you spend about 10 to 20 minutes a day watching TV‚ you will experience and learn new things. However‚ watching TV is more interesting and educating people while they are watching movies
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Disadvantages of Watching TV Watching TV has become bad habbits of human being. We require some kind of etiquate to educate the human beings for watching TV execessively without getting the advantages of the same. We have lost all our old heritage to socialise the environment. Watching TV does not involve the person participation actively. In sub-conscious mind we just go on watching the subject without involving our active mind. We are also loosing the social activites as well as outdoor activities
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time to sit down and watch over what their kids are watching‚ and in result of that kids are watching whatever they want whenever they want. Children may be able to watch many shows that are out of their age range such as; PG-13‚ R-18‚ or even rated X shows. Watching television is bad for children because‚ violence in television causes aggression‚ may cause trauma‚ and children need to be more active. Children are like mockingbirds‚ anything you say or do‚ they will do the same‚ not because they
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Video Games Discussion: Visuals/Narrator’s position The narrator provided a variety of different visuals on the specific topic of “Do video games make you smarter? With a few visuals that were along the lines of mental and visual‚ one showing the increase in cognitive functioning of the brain; associated with memory‚ strategic planning‚ and fine motor skills‚ video games have shown to have a positive effect on education. Along the lines of effectiveness‚ they’re designed as teaching tools
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Tiffany Ball English 1111 Evaluation Children Watching Television I know majority of people realize children spending all their time watching TV is not good for them. Some consider it a good thing so they have a “babysitter” or think it is good because of educational purposes. There are many different studies done on children and the amount of television they watch. On one website I saw that one study showed children who watched a lot of TV grew up aggressively and ended up in jail‚ in the next
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2013 Stop Watching TV! TV has been loved by many people. They watch TV for entertainment and out of boredom. Some people watch TV to pass the time or they watch TV for cheer themselves. If they are depressed‚ they turn on comedy programs‚ so it makes them laugh. TV became part of their life regardless of age. However‚ TV is not good as people think. They do not realize of side effect of watching TV because it does not show up immediately. When they find out the problem of watching TV‚ it is hard
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