▶ Your Answer : Some people might say watching television is more helpful than
reading a book. However, I strongly believe people acquire
more knowledge by reading a book than by watching television. This is
because books tend to contain more academic contents and television shows can
be misleading.
First,
books generally contain more academic contents than television. In fact,
according to the Department of Education, books encompass a wide range
of knowledge, specifically educational ones. In addition, more
than forty five percent of television programs
are entertainment shows, which mean they do
not involve any materials that can be helpful academically.
When I was in a high school, I fortunately met Ms.Jin, my history teacher,
who significantly dedicated to expand my knowledge. Ms.Jin required my
class to read a book at least once in a week. I really disliked
her teaching style, because I did not usually read books and the only
source of my joy was watching television. On the other hand, I was
virtually forced to read books in order to get good
grades. Surprisingly, I got much higher grades on my test after I started
to read books. Not only my grades were improved, but also my writing skills
were significantly boosted. From this experience, I realized the importance of
reading books. Books clearly can be helpful for us either
academically or intellectually.
On
top of that, television programs can contain untruthful and distorted
information. As a result, people can retain wrong knowledge and believe it is
the sole truth. I usually thought hookworm disease occurs very rarely. I was
very confident about my view because that is what I saw on the television
programs. However, I happened to read books about hookworm disease by chance
and I realized such disease is ubiquitous; it happens everywhere in every seconds.
According to the reading, more than 30 percent of population in Saudi Arabia suffers
from such disease. If I had not read books about hookworm disease, I would have
contained limited knowledge on hookworm disease throughout my life. I was able
to broaden my perspectives from this experience, and I realized the importance
of reading books, again.
To sum up, books
relatively contain more factual information and televisions can be misguiding.
Therefore, I think people significantly learn more by reading a book than by
watching television. |