Children can learn effectively through watching TV. Therefore children should be encouraged to watch TV regularly both at home and at school. To what extend do you agree or disagree?

It is true that people, including
children
, can learn a lot of
knowledge
through watching
TV
as the
TV
industry develops. While some people advocate that
children
should be encouraged to watch
TV
regularly, I cannot agree with
this
view, because I think the disadvantages of watching
TV
outweigh the advantages. On the one hand, we have to admit that there are some merits for
children
in terms of watching
TV
for learning.
Firstly
, as there are all kinds of programs on
TV
,
children
can learn a lot of
knowledge
from them, which could broaden their horizons.
Besides
,
TV
content could be used as a complementary part of school education.
Secondly
, being a vivid form of visual and auditory combined,
TV
could enhance the efficiency of
children
’s learning.
For example
, having been transformed into cartoon films or movies, many classic literature works have become easier to understand by
children
, as the paper form is boring and difficult for them to read.
On the other hand
, the demerits of
children
watching
TV
frequently are more obvious.
First
,
children
cannot learn much useful
knowledge
from
TV
due to the lack of systematic and consistent educational context. In fact, watching
TV
randomly most of the time,
children
will obtain little help in learning from
this
fractional
knowledge
.
Furthermore
, some of
this
chaotic
knowledge
even results in some conflicts with that of receiving from teachers.
Finally
, there are many kinds of themes on
TV
and most of them are not suitable for
children
, which may generate negative effects on them. More importantly, if they imitate some violent behaviours learned from
TV
, some
children
may have the risk of becoming delinquent in the real world. In a nutshell, I cannot agree with the view that encouraging
children
to watch
TV
regularly both at home and school, though it has some advantages. In my opinion,
children
could watch
TV
under the guidance and accompanying of teachers or parents, with limited time and content.
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