argumentative essay

 Television enables the humans to gather information around the world. A lot of people watch the news, sports, or just have fun in front of televisions. However, at the same time, people are becoming "couch potatoes" and sit on the couch and watch television all day. I believe watching television is bad, because of two reasons. The first reason is that television is bad for health,and the second reason is television makes people become dumb.

 First of all, television contributes to the decline of people's health. Many people, especially children, watch television all day. This makes us give up the time we should be exercising for health, or the time needed to prepare healthy food to eat. This can make people become fat, lose eyesight, and lose their eyesight. Therefore, we should not watch television in order to improve our health.

 Second, television makes people go dumb. Many television programs provide fiction or wrong information as if it was a fact. However, the problem is that many people "worship" the information and think that the television is always right. This can lead to getting wrong information, and sacrifices time to gather more important and more trustworthy information, such as reading newspapers.

 In short, television gives the people negative  effects, especially  young people. TV's can sacrifice more important time, when people can get much more productivity. We should not think the televisions as a way to entertain yourself.