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The Entertainment in Education
In Neil Postman's book Amusing Ourselves to Death, he discusses the
impact that television has on the American culture. Postman talks about how much the American culture hands itself over to the television and he show the ways that it is being done He shows the impact that television has on the written word, education, and the youth in America. Postman explains how the way teaching has changed to make it easier for our youth to understand and how they aren't bettering the curriculum but making it more entertaining.
Somehow the television has crept into the school systems of America
and is now becoming, sadly, a vital part of the education of our youth. I consider it
a huge problem because we are putting the thing that causes our minds to shut
down in front of us in school! In what way does it cause our minds to shut down
you might ask? At a very young age we are taught that the television is supposed
to be used for fun and......

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