Television, is it educational or just another form of procrastination?

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Many people claim that watching television is educational, but other feel it can never be more than a way of passing the time.

Television, is it educational or just another form of procrastination?

          Television has become an indispensable gadget to us human.  Some people think that this is due its ability to serve us with educational content and endless information in every second. However, there are people who think that television is just another way of wasting time. Truth is, is television really educational or just another way of procrastination?

          As time passes by, the technology of television has developed rapidly from just a black box, now it’s not just a black box. Television these days can do almost everything that a human can imagine, it works like an encyclopedia, cooking book, and also a flight ticket! -can take us anywhere. It makes the knowledge of the past, and the future accessible to everyone, anywhere. With television, history of the world 10000 years back can be learned with just a click away, the culture across the globe can be enjoyed throughout the world. From this, we can say that it really gives an educational value to us without requiring a lot of efforts.

          Even so, watching television hampers creativity. Although TV is the most popular source of entertainment, it leaves nothing to our imagination. Our brains become captives of the idiot box and do not think anything beyond that. This is worrying, especially to the younger generation. This is because they were born in the years where television is a necessity and being too dependent on it may cause their creativity to be blocked.

          As a conclusion, television is undeniably beneficial especially the educational value that it serves. However, being too dependent on television may cause human to be unable to generate information and creativity without it.

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