Some children can learn more efficiently by watching TV. Therefore, children should watch TV regularly both in school and at home? Do you agree or disagree?

It is irrefutable that
TV
is a very efficient teacher.
However
, I disagree that
children
should be motivated to watch
TV
both at home and at school. I shall put forth my arguments to support my views in the following paragraphs. There is no doubt that
TV
can be a powerful
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of delivering information and a nice part of
learning
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process. Being an audiovisual medium more effective
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can be achieved. What is seen is retained longer in the minds of
children
. There are some things which can be very easily taught by visual illustrations. Even boring subjects like history can be made interesting with the help of
TV
.
However
, if
TV
is to be used as an educational tool
then
very strict monitoring would be needed as to what
children
watch on
TV
. All those talk shows and soap operas we can see every day are a complete waste of time and can even have negative effects by distracting
children
from their studies.
Moreover
,
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most
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educational programmes like National Geographic cannot replace books and academic lectures because they tend to entertain people and
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aim to give deep and concentrated knowledge. It is highly unlikely that
TV
channel directors would abandon their profits and change talk shows to lectures and video lessons.
Furthermore
, if
children
watch
TV
in school
also
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then
their interaction with the teacher would be limited. Teachers teach a lot of things apart from academics. They can come down to the level of the student and can
also
stimulate
children
to learn. What is more,
children
would read less when they learn everything from
TV
. Reading is an active activity as compared to
TV
which is a passive activity. So, it would be detrimental to the holistic development of
children
. To put it in a nutshell I
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saying that,
although
TV
is a very good educational medium, it should be used within limits and whatever
children
learn from
TV
should
also
be carefully monitored by parents and teachers.
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