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Date Posted: 16:52:51 03/07/03 Fri
Author: SYNTARSUS
Subject: TV is taking over my family!

My mom and dad come home from work and what do they do? Sit in front of the television! My 9-yr.-old brother, first thing he does when he comes home from school? Watch TV!
My brother has got to be the worse. He saved up his money and bought his own Television set! He's 9-yrs.-old and it's in his room! AAAHHHH! He watches it AAALLLLL the time and soon as he comes home from school and AAAALLLL weekend! (Plus he plays video games on it.) We got him a dog and the poor thing cries and cries and howls at the lonely sky because my brother is 'too busy' to play with him. It's sooooo sad! He's such a sweet and loving and playful puppy!
We have 3 TVs in our house with satellite! Scary, isn't it? We don't have 'family time' (whatever that is) and we never have dinner together. Communication is almost down to nil. I usually sit in my room and read a book because I want to learn, and the TV just doesn't give me enough information to feed my curious brain. I really wish I could throw away all the TV sets. I think it would be so freeing not to hear the constant noise that eminates from the 'idiot box'.
I am convinced that the TV is evil and that it has captured the minds of my family members will not cease to let go its iron grip.
I like writing and reading and going for walks in the forest. I like people, but they don't much seem to like me. One reason must be because I don't really keep up with popular culture (in which I regard a kitcsh!). 'Pop' culture is soooo mundane. Life is soooo much more that television
. . . I wish my family (esp. my little brother) would come to realize that.
How can I get my brother away from the television? He has no love of learning, his grades (all of them, but especially reading and spelling) are really low, and he never wants to do his homework! I will ask him if he did his homework and he'll say 'yes', but that's almost always a lie. When dad and I find out he's lying, we tell him to do his homework, but he whines and says: "But I'm watching my favorite show." That ALWAYS his excuse! It's ALWAYS his 'favorite' show! Whatever shall I do? It seems so hopeless!

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