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Are you saying the television is a back up for parents who won't or
can't get the real thing for their children?

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In a sense.
I can't take my children to China at the moment, but I can watch a show about
building the great wall, go to China Garden and eat Lo Mein, cut out paper
dolls and put traditional dresses on them, watch Sagwa on BBS, go to the mall
and hear Chinese music during the New Year celebration, talk with Jennifer who
spent a year living in China while in college and have her teach us some words
(She's a translator).
TV is one really cool way to see China without going there.
Without TV, I could taste China, hear China, but not SEE China.

TV is not the most important thing to me or my kids, it's another way to
experience the world, it's an addition to the world. We all use it to add to our
life experience, just as we do with books, magazines, message boards, google,
and face to face conversations.
I would do damage to my kids learning environment by taking away TV, just as
much as if I took away magazines or personal interactions with others.
Elissa
Mystik Hill Farm
Kearneysville, WV


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jimpetersonl

That's kind of what I was thinking; that's what it sounded like.
Thanks.
~Sue

> Are you saying the television is a back up for parents who won't or
> can't get the real thing for their children?
>
> ************************
> In a sense.
> I can't take my children to China at the moment, but I can watch a
show about > building the great wall, go to China Garden and eat Lo
Mein, cut out paper > dolls and put traditional dresses on them, watch
Sagwa on BBS, go to the mall > and hear Chinese music during the New
Year celebration, talk with Jennifer who > spent a year living in
China while in college and have her teach us some words
> (She's a translator).
> TV is one really cool way to see China without going there.
> Without TV, I could taste China, hear China, but not SEE China.
>
> TV is not the most important thing to me or my kids, it's another
way to > experience the world, it's an addition to the world. We all
use it to add to our > life experience, just as we do with books,
magazines, message boards, google, > and face to face conversations.
> I would do damage to my kids learning environment by taking away TV,
just as > much as if I took away magazines or personal interactions
with others.
> Elissa
>