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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
I can't remember a time when we didn't have a TV. However, although I loved watching the tube (and still do), I also loved reading. I'll never know if having or not having the TV would have made a difference to me ... but I really doubt it.
The reason I say that is that I learned to do my homework and study in front of the TV. So, it's most often like background noise to me. I mean ... it's not like most of the shows demand much in the way of intellectual effort to watch them. Ever since I was little ... I'd watch a minute or two, then shift back to my book or whatever homework I was doing ... work on that for 20 minutes .... look at the TV for another two or three minutes to see what they were up to now, then back to the book.
When I was studying for my bar exam (California 1988) I watched TV almost constantly while I studied. I can't imagine that it hurt me. However, I also wouldn't recommend it as a method of study for everyone. I guess my way of explaining it is -- if I can be so comfortable with a subject that I can converse about it well, even with the distraction of the TV set, then I guess I've really learned it.
How's that for a rationalization??
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Well, as long as you were watching Law and Oder, that's okay, then.