Children nowadays spend a great deal of time watching television. However, television cannot replace the book as a learning tool, which is why children are less well-educated today. To what extent do you agree with this statement?

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Kids these days watch
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for extended hours.
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directly results in them being poor with academics as the books cannot be replaced with TV as the source of education. I completely agree with
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, as in my opinion books provide uninterrupted knowledge whereas
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in the case of
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, it has a lot that can cause distraction. With the growth in the concept of online learning, it is now possible to use
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as one of the devices of gaining academic coaching but at the same time
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it can be distractive as it
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offers a lot of entertainment options. Students can access a lot of material via the
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in the form of videos which can teach them many things.
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, a recent research paper from Delhi University suggests that there has been
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2% increase in students opting for tutorials through TV in the past couple of years. But that does not necessarily mean that its a positive thing. Books provide a consistent and constant root of information which falls in line with exactly what a student would need. Manuals have
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data, which does not leave any scope for the student to ponder onto something else while reading. As an example, a publication related to the field of chemistry will only focus on the property of chemicals which makes the person reading it only think about the topic and nothing else. Due to the overall aspects of distractions that come with
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elevision, children these days find themselves deteriorating academically which would not happen if they would read a book to gain the same information.
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, I conclude that as pupils watch more
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and read lesser books and
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, they have struggling academic records.
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