FratFiles

• Save Paper

National TV Turn-Off Week: A Dumb Idea


In a time when millions of people are starving each year and thousands
are killed in war zones, worrying about how much television we watch sounds like
a stupid idea. Right? Well, that's what people all across North America are
doing every day. In fact, there is a full week dedicated to the cause:
National T.V-Turnoff Week.
National T.V-Turnoff week is nothing more then a cry for attention by
the middle class. The lower classes have their problems: starvation, health,
shelter. You know, no big deal. But what of the middle class? They have no
problems. They have a house, a job, usually a loving family. What don't they
have? What they don't have is something to worry about. So, along comes Linda
Weltner and National T.V-Turnoff Week. Problem solved. The middle class now
has something to worry about.
For years people have been watching television and no complaints have
been made. No complaints about the endless information that......

View the rest of this paper...

Approximate Word Count: 615
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

Similar Essays

1. National Tv Turn-Off Week: A Dumb Idea
   

   National Tv Turn-off Week: A Dumb Idea National TV Turn-Off Week: A Dumb Idea In a time when millions of people are starving each year and thousands are killed in war zones,

2. Ben Carson
   

   My brother and I didn't think it was all that wise, because it was to turn off the TV. She let us watch only two or three TV programs during the week and, with all that spare

3. 
   

4. 
   

5.