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Some people say that people learn more by watching television than by reading books. However I do not agree with the idea for several reasons : reading books makes you think more and books can be kept for long so that people can refer to them at any time.
To begin with, reading books makes people think more unlike watching television because while reading the book, people have to imagine the words described in the text. People can also make their own decision whether to accept the information or not and by doing so, people learn more. On the other hand, television programs give its own idea and people tend to accept the information given without thinking deeply. For example, there was a documentary showing the situation of one's nation's politics. My younger sister watched it and when the program ended I asked her opinion about it. She answered the exact same way as the program introduced. I realised that she just accepted and agreed with the idea given by the program. Not all informatino given by television is reliable. People need to think critically before taking in the information.
In addition, books can be kept for long and people can refer to it at any time they want, learning more by remembering the information once again. Once the television program ends, people cannot replay it back to see the information again and even they are able to, they have to see whole clip to find the certain part of information that they need. However, books can be taken easily out of the shelves, find the information easily by looking at the index provided at the front page of the books and by doing so, people will be likely to think once more and kept in the memory for long as well. To be specific, I watched a history documentary on television and when the program ended, I could not remember the name of a king and I decided to look for it. I had to replay the whole clip again only to find the name of the king. I had a hard time searching for the name. It would have been easier for me to find the source by looking at the contends. And people can find other related books to know the fact in details, thinking deeply.
It is better for people to read books than to watch television because it makes people to think deeply and be more convinient to find the information to study once more.
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