TUNING OUT THE TV (HMWK PAG 45)

What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of the family’s decision?

I think there are good advantages some of them are that they can spend more time with their family, and of course they have more for doings things, and the disadvantages are for the children because they miss the cartoons and their favorite programs.

Have you ever gone without TV for a while? Sometimes most of the Sundays I don’t watch television because my family and I are used to go to the church and them we go out, to have a dinner.

How did it affect you? It doesn’t affect me so much because is just one day, but sometimes I miss to watch La Academia.

Do you think you could live without TV? Of course, I think it’s no necessary to watch television to survive; we can do a lot of thing like read books and spend time with family.

How would your life be different? Well I think most of us are used to watch television, but as I said we can do a lot else things. Maybe I little different because we wouldn’t know what to say when my friends talk about that happens I television.

Make a list of five ways in which you think you would be better off without TV and five ways in which you might be worse off.

Better ways without TV.

More time to do things in my house.

I would play more with my brothers.

I would go out more frequently with friends.

I would read more books.

Maybe I would sing more frequently.

Worse ways without TV.

I think I would get bore at home.

I couldn’t watch movies in my home.

I would miss to watch La Academia.

I would miss my favorite programs.