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Koreans today are so obsessed with
education that some people even think television should be for education, too.
However, the truth is that majority of people watch TV as a way of
entertainment, not education. This is because people from a wide range of age
group, such as pre-school children and 80 years old grandpa, are watching TV.
For this reason, I believe that it is absurd to say that the purpose of TV
should be for education rather than entertainment, because there will be
nothing to talk about without daily TV shows, and watching television for fun
gives a great way to reduce stress level and have a relax time. First of all, entertaining TV show often
plays a great role in everyday relationship with people. In particular, most of
daily conversation is one way or another related to contents from TV shows,
ranging from celebrity gossips to who was on the last night late show.
According to a statistic conducted by Seoul National University, about 80
percent of people said that they mostly talk about TV shows with their friends.
This implies what a profound influence TV entertainment has on our society.
Without the basic knowledge of popular shows that is going on, it is hard to
follow the trend and conversation with others. Moreover, fun TV shows gives great way to
recharge the drained energy from work and school. People get tremendous amount
of stress every day from overwhelming loads of work. Watching TV, people forget
about everything and solely focus on funny and exciting shows on TV, and they
also enjoy time relaxing with families and friends in front of the TV screen.
To be specific, my family watches Korean comedy show called 'Infinity
Challenge,' and it is the only time of a day when all of the family members
gather in one place and mingle with one another. In the process, I catch up
with their daily lives and have wonderful time laughing together. If there were
not entertainment show for my family, it would be much harder for me to find a
way to have fun with them and relieve stress at the same time. To sum up, TV shows aimed for entertainment
provide people with topics to converse about and rejuvenating chance to relax
with others. For these reasons, I strongly disagree with the premise that TV
should be for education rather than entertainment. |