"Bill Hawkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The thing is, we have lost the 7-12 group, the Boy Electricians, the > Gilbert chemistry sets and the magic of radio. TV promised to be an > exceptional teaching tool, but selfish people with an unending greed > turned it into a behavioral modification tool to create consumers.
I can tell you that when NTSC broadcasts cease in the next couple of years, my kids will no longer have access to TV at home. And I think that's a Good Thing. I'd like to think that other kids will lose TV, but realistically probably 90% of low-income kids already have satellite or cable or HDTV at home. > Kids learn early to concentrate on consumption and forget about how > the world works. The people with the most influence on kids don't want > consumers that know how to think, especially not creatively. One very real problem: everything of "value" these days has a sheen/style/flash on top, and things don't register with kids without that sheen. Tim. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
