Charity Kariuki Kariuki 1
Miss. Sanchez
Page one
4/17/08
TELEVISION ADDICTION EFFECTS ON THE YOUNG GENERATION.
Television was a wonderful and spectacular invention. The concept of breaking images into tiny points of light for transmission over radio waves was a scientific break through (Portz Stephen) but now it seems the television is destroying our community. Television has become a drug, just like heroin or cocaine it soothes us and puts a barrier between life and reality. Its greatest effects are felt by the children who are still growing up. They have being born and raised in the presence of this great invention but silent poison.
When I was young my mother used to send me outside when she realized I spent the whole day watching television and at night when it was something inappropriate for my age she would send me to bed. Nowadays my brother comes from school grabs the remote control and does not move until forced to. This is not a problem only my brother suffers......
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