How Does TV Affect Our Children?
Our children are becoming different, but maybe not as less educated as we think. Let’s think for a moment about what happens when watching TV or reading a book.
When you or me watch TV, then we don’t think, we just watch. What happens when we see something very interesting? Then we think, we want to know more and we are curious about what it is going to happen. It really depends on what is being watched. If we watch interesting documents from Discovery Channel, or National Geographics, then it usually gets our attention. In the moment of watching something boring we don’t remember much. The truth is that our focus is not as high as when reading a book.
Books are different. Tell me, what are you doing when reading a book? Are you thinking about something else, or are you dragged in a narrative? I’m absolutely absorbed by the story. What about the professional books? Then we usually have to think more, read twice and read whole book again to remember the things inside. The biggest difference is that we have to use our brains and that causes that we are more focused, “more educated”. We also develop our critical thinking, that helps us to distinguish truth and lies. TV doesn’t do that.
Finally, I can say that TV changes the way our children think. They aren’t used to focus so much, so they have a very different behavior. It’s hard to teach them hard skills like languages or math, because they don’t feel the need. They are finally becoming less educated. All this happens because of the TV and computers which don’t require any effort or focus to accomplish something. They are not just less educated, but even less motivated, and more lazy.
This post is a part of my IELTS training. Thanks for correction in advance!
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Hi !
I know this is an old post and this probably won't help, but in this text, it looks like you contradict yourself a bit. It is not a complete contradiction, but it still shows a lack of logic in the argumentation.
Your first statement in the introduction let us think the text we are about to read will prove us wrong - TV is not so harmful and does not turn children into less educated beings : "Our children are becoming different, but maybe not as less educated as we think."
But the text basically proves the contrary and the conclusion is not what you first mentionned - they are not just less educated, but also less motivated and lazier : "They are finally becoming less educated [...] They are not just less educated, but even less motivated, and more lazy."
I hope you'll see my point because from the strict linguistical point of view, that was a well written text.
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How Does TV Affect Our Children?
Our children are becoming different, but maybe not as poorly educated as we think. Let’s think for a moment about what happens when watching TV or reading a book.
When you or me watch TV, then we don’t think, we just watch. What happens when we see something very interesting? Then we think, we want to know more and we are curious about what it is going to happen. It really depends on what is being watched. If we watch interesting documentaries from the Discovery Channel, or National Geographic, then it usually gets our attention. When we watch something boring we don’t remember much. The truth is that our focus is not as high as when reading a book.
Books are different. Tell me, what are you doing when reading a book? Are you thinking about something else, or are you dragged in a narrative? I’m absolutely absorbed by the story. What about the professional books? Then we usually have to think more, read twice and read the whole book again to remember the things inside. The biggest difference is that we have to use our brains and that causes us to be more focused, “more educated”. We also develop our critical thinking, that helps us to distinguish truth and lies. TV doesn’t do that.
Finally, I can say that TV changes the way our children think. They aren’t used to focusing so much, so they have a very different behavior. It’s hard to teach them hard skills like languages or math, because they don’t feel the need. They are finally becoming less educated. All this happens because of the TV and computers which don’t require any effort or focus to accomplish something. They are not just less educated, but even less motivated, and more lazy.
This post is a part of my IELTS training. Thanks for the correction in advance!
Good job! Remember with as...as, we have to use adjectives, not comparatives.
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