1. We, as Americans, are
currently known as the fattest
and possibly the laziest
country. The world’s
advancement in technology
hasn’t done much to help our
reputation, either. Television
and computers have taken over,
replacing our physical activity
and socializing face to face
with sitting around watching
movies and web chats.
Last week, the local
Sunnyside Community
Organization came to The
Washington Press with a
problem. They had begun to
realize that citizens had as making TV sets larger,
stopped showing up for companies have added more
community events—art shows, features. Now anyone can can watch
movies, concerts—and have been their favorite shows without
staying at home with their TV’s having to see it at its airing
more and more often. They want time, instead they can record it
the community to step away from and watch it at a later date.
their TVs, their computers and Shows have also evolved along
their cell phones for just a with televisions. Today we have
moment and think about what hundreds of shows, movies, and
technology has done to our channels available. Hardly any
society. shows anymore are educational or
Most people think of have a real purpose. There are
television as a way to channels such as the Biography
entertain themselves, or Channel, the History Channel, and
something to do with their free the Military channel that are
time. Nowadays, it has become informative and aren’t garbage
much more than what it used to like other shows on TV.
be. Many think that our I propose that to get our
generation’s obsession with community and its people back to
technology is not an important the way it should be, we must
problem, but they are very change the way we watch and what
wrong. Over the years, we watch. Why can’t we have shows
televisions have gotten bigger for adults and teens like shows
and better to adapt to the for children? Some teach kids how
changing world we live in. Some to count, or to spell. We should
of the first TV sets were 12 be able to create shows that are
inches, while today we have TVs entertaining, but are still
as large as 100 inches. Studies educational for all ages.
show that a typical American -By Alex Johnson
home has more TVs that people,
with an average of three
televisions and two people. As
well