TV

This week for an assignment, we had to watch TV. How weird right? Our homework was to actually watch TV! One of the assignments was to watch a show without the volume on. It was really awkward, and I actually felt stupid watching TV without sound. I realized much more than I usually would on an average day of watching television. Television has impacted our lives drastically that it's actually scary. We think we are doing something when we flip through channels and pick a show that intrigues us, but really, we are doing absolutely nothing. By sitting in front of the screen, our minds are taking so much careless information that we don't realize how much it impacts us. Another assignment was to watch someone else watch TV. This was kind of humorous because when I was watching my Mom watch TV, she would randomly smile, or even laugh a little. Watching her watch TV showed me how pointless TV really is, and how TV shows have absolutely no meaning to them. We need to be more active with our social life, by interacting with our friends and family rather then sitting around a couch with them and watching something on the screen. We think that by going to see a movie with friends is social, but if you think about it, there is no interaction between anyone because we are engaging our eyes to the big screen, rather then using language to interact. It is truly scary thinking how a little black box impacts our life for the worse.