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 mean of delivering information and a nice part
of learning process. Being an audiovisual medium more effective result 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, the most of so called educational programmes like
National Geographic cannot replace books and academic lectures because they tend to
entertain people and have not an 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 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.