▶ Your Answer : I am actually a person who loves watching TVs, and never read books. I know it is a really bad habbit, but I can't resist the sensational visuals that TV programs provide me. And sometimes, I can earn various information from watching TV programs, like current issues or basic knowledges. However, I disagree with the statement that people learn more by watching television than by reading books for several reasons.
First of all, TV programs tend to be more focused on entertainment of the viewers. Though documentaries and news programs provide people with various information or teachings, the programs that have the highest viewer rate are mostly enterntainment programs. Because of this, the media spotlights the enterntainment programs, thus informing the television users with silly gossips, not useful lessons.
In addition, by reading books, readers can hone their literary skills. To survive in our society, reading and writing skills are fundamental. By reading books, we can improve and learn more about how to read fast, write properly, and use sophisticated vocabularies. Televisions, meanwhile, cannot serve this role since they only need our visions. We don't necessarily need to try hard interpreting the scenes of TV programs, TV programs don't usually use hardcore words where only erudites can understand, and so on. There is no need to enhance such literey skills to see TV.
Finally, books last in the readers' mind longer. As I explained earlier, I am a person who loves TV and watches it every single day, but frankly, the TV shows that I see don't really last long in my memory. On the other hand, some books(though I rarely read) that I've read strucks me very hard, and it impacted me in much longer terms.
In conclusion, I believe reading books will teach us more lessons than watching television. TVs only focus on enterntainment, people can practice literary skills, and books have longer impacts to us. I really need to try to read books more. |