Comments on: The Dumbing Down of America http://www.tmttlt.com/2006/08/12/the-dumbing-down-of-america/ All those topics that i wish i had time to pursue more earnestly. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:40:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Karen Hershey http://www.tmttlt.com/2006/08/12/the-dumbing-down-of-america/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Karen Hershey Fri, 08 Sep 2006 05:13:27 +0000 http://www.tmttlt.com/archives/2006/08/12/4952/#comment-110 Television is simply readable. My husband and I spend time reading Discovery and other education channels. Not to mention BBC. We are reading constantly, since, we don't wish to interpret what they are saying. It is better reporting if you "see" the meaning, as opposed to assuming what is being said. Forgan, Oklahoma (choice of retirement area) We've lived 32 years on the coast of Oregon. Beautiful place and people. I feel as though I stepped backward some 40 years here. Although, most people here have a computer. The basic computer skills are elementary. They are kind and interested. Polite as though they wree Quakers from old America. It seems that TV is only used for child-attention getting. Few books are offered at bedtime, it is true. I'd simply turn off the TV sound and have them read 'closed caption' only. K. Television is simply readable. My husband and I spend time reading Discovery and other education channels. Not to mention BBC. We are reading constantly, since, we don’t wish to interpret what they are saying. It is better reporting if you “see” the meaning, as opposed to assuming what is being said. Forgan, Oklahoma (choice of retirement area)

We’ve lived 32 years on the coast of Oregon. Beautiful place and people. I feel as though I stepped backward some 40 years here. Although, most people here have a computer. The basic computer skills are elementary. They are kind and interested. Polite as though they wree Quakers from old America. It seems that TV is only used for child-attention getting. Few books are offered at bedtime, it is true. I’d simply turn off the TV sound and have them read ‘closed caption’ only. K.

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