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Tuning Out Television
Marcus has been reading about a national program that encourages people to turn off the television for a full week. He was intrigued by the idea and wrote the following letter to his school newspaper.
Dear Editor,
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of the student body, the nation, and—even more widely—the world.
There is an insidious enemy in our midst. It lurks right in our very homes. In fact, it lives in multiple rooms in our households. Even worse, we've invited the enemy in. We've even paid money to bring it into our lives.
The enemy is television. Sure, it's fun. It's entertaining. And it's hard to imagine our lives without it.
But its very charm is part of the problem. We're entranced by it. There it sits, warmly lit and beckoning with its moving images and inviting voices and music.
The minute we succumb to its wiles, it attacks our motivation and our creativity. It gobbles and swallows up our time and energy in enormous gulps.
Did you know that according to the A.C. Nielsen Co., the average time per year that each American spends watching television is more than 4 hours each day? That translates into 28 hours per week, which is more than many part-time jobs. In larger terms, that means 2 months of nonstop TV-watching per year. In a 65-year life span, that is 9 years under the enemy's spell. As a collective, the number of hours of television watched annually by Americans equals 250 billion. Astounding, the effect the enemy has on us. We don't ever get that time back.
Sincerely,
Marcus Bradshaw
Answer:
A. Marcus thinks the television has a negative effect on people.
Explanation:
Marcus is a guy who has a lot of courage and willingness to show his opinion about what he believes and make his voice heard. We can conclude this when we know that he decided to write a letter to the school newspaper showing his opinion on televisions. This letter shows that Marcus believes that the effect of television on our lives is negative, but it is seductive, since TV is fun and attractive, but it makes us spend time on superfluous and unimportant things and we will never be able to do that again. return.
