DOWN WITH TELEVISION!

Personally I hate television, my childhood was spent, mostly, on a couch or playing outside, but usually I picked the couch. My favorite shows to watch were: Rugrats, Doug, and Ah! real monsters.Now a  days sitting in front of a black box for a couple of hours sounds the least bit exciting to me. There is so much one can do other than watch television.  I know a lot of people will not agree with me as many of you are avid television watchers. As far as reality television shows are concerned the acting and actors could be better, but that is not the reason people watch. It’s all about the drama!, weather it’s real or not is up to you but usually people are drawn to reality TV shows because they promise to be packed with tons of drama. For example: my mother is obsessed with watching Spanish soap operas also known as “novelas.” She is so strung on these shows that anyone that so much as talks to her during, will be ignored completely  and if you are lucky, you might be shushed. This programs are full of never ending drama by the way. Me and my mom always argue because I tell her she watches too many of these “novelas” and one day she is going to be able to jump into the TV and be in them.

Television is not like what is used to be, it has become a lot more graphic. Watching shows like “Teen Mom” is good and bad for society. Young girls get to see that having children at a young age is not  as “cool” as they thought it was,and get an in depth look at how many young women today handle and cope with becoming a young parent. Jersey Shore is also another popular program of our generation and about the only show I will watch on TV because these people are living the dream, at least I think so. A couple of normal people (maybe) live in a house and are allowed to party all the time and drink at all times of the day, and I am sure they get paid for it. Currently our reality celebrities are in Italy on an all expense paid drunken party spree woo! They have already gotten into a couple of fights and have succeeded to make complete fools of themselves while intoxicated. When I say these people are living the dream I don’t really mean that. I know drinking alcohol everyday is not cool I know that hooking up with random people is slutty. But these young people are able to get their five minutes of fame as well as an honest buck all while drinking directly from the bottle on national television, times have changed.