BOO america...

i'm writing a paper for my english class

on the negative effects of the media in today's society.

it's something i feel VERY strongly about.

remember when we had the snow/ice storm like a month or so ago?

days stuck at home

naturally, i turned on the tv to pass some time.

my options:

True Life Story: Britney Spears

or

a talk show with 12 year old girls dressed like prostitutes claiming to be sex addicts

AND PROUD OF IT!

the one girl declared that she wanted to be just like Snookie from Jersey Shore.

now i've never actually SEEN Jersey Shore myself

but i've heard enough about it

and i know Snookie's reputation

i mean, i know "SEX SELLS"

but honestly...at what cost?

look at what it's doing to society.

pathetic. we live in a pathetically dark world.

with hardly ANY moral standards anymore.

FACTS:

According to the A.C. Nielsen Co., the average American watches more than 4 hours of TV each day (or 28 hours/week, or 2 months of nonstop TV-watching per year). In a 65-year life, that person will have spent 9 years glued to the tube.

---> Number of TV sets in the average U.S. household: 2.24

--->Number of hours per day that TV is on in an average U.S. home:

6 hours, 47 minutes

Percentage of Americans that regularly watch television while eating dinner: 66%

Number of hours of TV watched annually by Americans: 250 billion

Value of that time assuming an average wage of S5/hour: S1.25 trillion

Number of minutes per week that parents spend in meaningful conversation with their children: 3.5   (sad)

Percentage of 4-6 year-olds who, when asked to choose between watching TV and spending time with their fathers, preferred television: 54%

Hours per year the average American youth spends in school: 900 hours

Hours per year the average American youth watches television: 1500 hours 

BOO AMERICA!!!

FIND SOMETHING BETTER TO DO WITH YOUR TIME!