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Some people believe that reading books is better method to learn something than watching television. However, in my opinion, watching television can be much more effective for learning because it is attractive and convenient.
First of all, people can be more attracted by television than by books. This is because television provides moving material which attracts our mind and makes our eyes fixed on the screen. To be specific, one day 4-year-old my cousin tried to learn numbers. So he opened big book and saw pictures and numbers on it. However, since it was not able to keep his attention, so he lost his interest in it after 5 minutes. So my aunt put a TV education program for him. After 30 minutes later, he was still sitting on the sofa, staring characters on the screen. After the program, he got to know how to count from 1 to 10.
On the top of that, watching television to learn something is much convenient than searching materials in the book. This is because you do not need to move ourselves much to change channels, while it takes lots of energy to turn the page over, sit in front of the desk to read, and find right materials in books. So I think you can learn something no matter how you are tired if television remains on. For example, when I was young, my mother urged me to read some books to learn english for the test on next day. However, I was too tired to sit and read books with all my concentration after the hectic school life. Mother saw me and put the TV english program which was my favorite. So I laid down on the sofa, watched program and learned materials. On the next day, I got the great grade. If I had had to read books instead of watching television, I could not have gotten good grade on the test because I had not been able to concentrate on studies.
To sum up, convenience and attractiveness are the merits that television has compared to book in terms of learning something. And for these reasons, I strongly believe that people can learn more by watching television rather than reading books.
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