Television ( Advs & Disadvs )
... flexible ways for those who can not attend to school. Mostly, they are online classes and teleweb courses. To attend the online classes, you have to be a student of that school with a unique login name and password; however, teleweb courses are totally different, where classes are viewed on cable television; you do not need any security check to access them and do not need to be a student of that school. So, basically people can learn whatever and whenever they want to learn although there are limited choices. By the way, this is free and opened to public if you have cable television connection. Most people have a dream to travel some day because they have a strong interest in world cultures. Time and money are the unsolvable issues, but television viewing certainly can contribute in part by satisfying people’s curiosity. Through travel programs, people can just stay at home, sit in front of their television, and visit every continent on the earth. They can learn the places where people’s traditions, lifestyles, and attitudes contrast greatly with our own. These programs prompt many stimulating conversations as well as a few arguments. I believe they also lead to the building of empathy for people whose opportunities are limited in comparison with our own. Besides the travel programs, television also provides many different kinds of technical and entertainment programs to the public, such as cooking, construction, history, nature, and world news. These programs make it possible for people to learn things that they can not learn in their familiar surroundings. On the other hand, Craig also states television can spark healthful laughter which can solve physical and mental problems for the elderly and the people who are suffering from the curse of silence. Whether watching television turns out to be harmful or rewarding totally depends on the content of the programs a person sees and the amount of time he / she spends in front of the box. We know that television can stimulate humane behavior as well. For example, if children look at depictions of kindness, compassion, and generosity, they are more likely to behave in a friendly and generous way, so it is an important thing to help a child become a wise television consumer. Parents should go though the listings and select appropriate programs which can avoid giving children the wrong messages. But the essential thing is to watch the programs with him / her. First, the parents can explain to children that what they see in movies, shows, o...