■ Direction Read the question below. You have 30 minutes to plan, write, and revise your essay. Typically, an effective response will contain a minimum of 300 words. ■ Question Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Use specific reason and examples to support your answer | |
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Topic : Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Television has destroyed communication among friends and family. | |
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The advent of television has brought many changes in today’s society, especially for relationships among people. I adamently agree that television has harmed communication among people. First, by watching TV, the quality time that could have been spent on talking to friends and family members is being spent on sitting in front of television and watching shows in silence. Second, by not watching TV, these people are isolated and even ignored in conversations because they do not know what is going on in popular TV shows. Thus, it is logical to say that television has, in fact, destroyed communication among friends and family.
Television has become a very important source of getting information and entertainment. But these days, the entertainment side of television is enlarged drastically, meaning people usually watch television in the hopes of watching another entertaining show. In a normal week in the United States, there are more than 50 shows of soap operas, sitcoms, and talk shows to entertain people. Therefore, the time that could have been spent with family and friends having real conversation is spent on doing something that would not improve the relationship in any way.
Watching TV can lead to lack of communication, but not watching TV can also cause communication problems. Because TV has become such a large part of our daily lives, not watching the popular shows can make you feel isolated when having conversation. It is not just a joke when articles on newspaper says that some people who do not enjoy watching TV often gets ignored because they do not watch certain soap opera. In extreme situation, you might even end up having no real conversation with anyone.
To sum up, the invention of television was a disaster for human relationships, though we did not realize it at the time. Watching TV will lead to reduction of time spend with family and friends, resulting in less communication. Not watching TV will lead to become an outsider because you do not know what happened at the latest episode in a soap opera. Either way, television is a necessity that has become capable of destroying communication among relationships. | |
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