Some people say that television is a very useful tool when it comes to education. Others argue that television is a much overused, ineffective teacher. Discuss both of these views and give your opinion as to the usefulness of television as an educational tool. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Television

has become an essential part of our life over the years from its inception. It is believed by many to be an early educator for human beings, while others think it is

overhyped

as a tutor.

This

essay will examine the role of

television

as an educator and how overusing it can decrease its effectiveness over

time but

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time, but

with an agreement that it is still one of the best tools to spread knowledge around the world. At

first

,

television

is known to be a medium

to

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for

of

delivering information to the general masses. Who gave birth to a number of informative channels? The informative programmes

broadcasted

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broadcast

on channels like Discovery,

History etc

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History, etc

which gave us a glimpse

in

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into

ancient times enabled us to learn more about nature as well as the historical events that were buried deep into the library books. The Earth,

for example

, aired on National Geographic Channel is a series of episodes which educates people about the life present on earth and

also

brings awareness on how to save it, in order to maintain balance amongst nature.

Television

was used efficiently by DIscovery and other

informative

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information

channels. In spite of that, people feel

otherwise

as there are shows running on different channels which are not informative at all but provide ways to kill time in the name of entertainment. Even though people are aware that these daily soaps or reality shows are scripted, they are nowhere near to get rid of them. Younger minds are

also

being dragged into

this

as they tend to follow

footprints

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the footprints

of their

elders which is

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elders, which is

an alarming situation since these programmes are not made to pass any useful information to

next generation

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the next generation

. To recapitulate,

television

acts as a medium of transferring information and

entertainment but

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entertainment, but

elders

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the elders

have to decide what to gain from it. I strongly agree with the effectiveness of

television

as an

informative

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information

machine rather than an idiot box. If people choose knowledgeable programmes over useless shows,

then

the

television

will never be considered as a harmful teacher.