Turn Off TV, Turn On Life!

In modern society, there are some technological devices that make life easier and more enjoyable for us. They provide us a priority in this information age. However, generally, they have some negative effects on us. Television is the only one of these devices.

With the invention of television in 1920s, people started to explore the magic effect of it. As it was rare and expensive, T.V was seen as a luxury, an unattainable thing. However, year by year, as the life standards increased, it became much more easier to get. Thus, it spread quickly and became popular especially among the families. It turned out to be a mattter of competition, namely, which family had a more sophisticated T.V was a concern of matter.

This “dizzy device”, in a short time, has captured our daily lives. We’ve no more had something more enjoyable to do, but watching T.V. In the begining, it was so fantastic to witness the other people’s lives. We started to throw all the tasks together and spend more and more times in front of T.V. We had no longer visitors and nice chattings at nights; instead, we preferred watching the studied adventures of fake people on T.V. While these happened, we omitted the real life activities and even missed witnessing the growing our children. Nevertheless, it was too late to notice that we had become volunteers to be slaves of T.V.

What can be done? What is the best things to do to get rid of T.V’s harms to us and next generations? How can we expel it from our daily lives? Is it possible to live in a society without T.V or are we strong-willed enough to give it up? No, I don’t think so, it’s nearly impossible to live without them. However, we can give it a try to reduce the hours we wasted. Well, then, what about going and turning off your T.V, and turning on your life?...

by Merve Sağıroğlu