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Some people say that television is useful for education, while others say it is useful only for entertainment. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

#people #television #education #entertainment
Although
 some
people
 think that television can be used as a tool to learn about something, others consider it is only for entertainment.
This
 essay will discuss both ideas and explain why I think that
it
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 can be used for both but they should not only rely on TV programs to educate
people
. Many educational and meaningful broadcasts can be seen on TV and we can discover new knowledge.
For instance
,
people
 can learn history from documentaries or learn different language by watching movies. It is quite valuable to watch documentaries as you can watch many
of
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an
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 actual images of things you are learning with detailed explanations, compared to only learning from books, which you can sometimes lose concentration and interest amid reading. Another example is learning
language
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the language
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. English is my
second
 language and I have been learning a lot of English vocabularies and western culture from films I have watched on TV.
Conversely
, there are many other ways and possibly more effective ways to be
well-informed
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. It might be attending college or reading books voraciously. Take me as an example, when I would like to do some research, I use Google like most
people
 do today. Undoubtedly,
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 amount of information could be found on a screen in seconds, just by a click of
button
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, resulting in huge
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 and
time
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efficient
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. In conclusion, I am of the opinion that television is useful for both, learning and entertainment. We can gain knowledge from detailed documentary programs, that said, we should not only rely on broadcasts to be
knowledgeable
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 as certainly,
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a human
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human can
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but human can also
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 learn things in multiple ways, especially nowadays,
that is
 easier with the rapidly improving information technology that we can quickly access to.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • educational programs
  • informative documentaries
  • interactive learning
  • entertaining content
  • reality shows
  • cartoons
  • intellectual development
  • parental guidance
  • screen time
  • creative thinking
  • educational potential
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