Family Counterculture
Linh Nguyen
Pro. Pam O’Klock
English 1A – Fall 2014
06 December 2014
Reading Response #1
“Family Counterculture” "I believe the children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way". These are the lyrics from Greatest Love Of All song of Whitney Houston. After listening lyrics of this song, I realized that children are very important in our life because they are the happiness of family today and the future of our world. Thus, investment for children is investment for our future. However, it is not easy to raise children to be good residents in the future, especially in society today, children have chances to contact and use technology as television, computer, and phone. There are a lot of parents believe that watching television has negative effects on children, but some of them think television brings advantages for children's development. Watching television helps children learn and acquire knowledge faster, also helps children reduce stress after school time. First of all, the best way to memorize knowledge is using pictures and sounds which are on television. If you have choices between reading a book and watching a video from television about animal world, which one do you choose? Reading or watching? I am sure that a lot of children choose watching video because the pictures and the sounds from video help them feel interested and remember longer than reading. In fact, when I was a child, I did not like history because it is so boring; therefore, every time I went to history class, I slept. So my history teacher found a new way to teach his students was giving so many movie clips that related to his lesson. Finally, my friends and I felt curious and excited when we watched his movies. After that, I found some shows on television which were about history, and I watched them for a long time. In addition, television does not only provide knowledge about history or animal that are very helpful for children, also provides new information
Pro. Pam O’Klock
English 1A – Fall 2014
06 December 2014
Reading Response #1
“Family Counterculture” "I believe the children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way". These are the lyrics from Greatest Love Of All song of Whitney Houston. After listening lyrics of this song, I realized that children are very important in our life because they are the happiness of family today and the future of our world. Thus, investment for children is investment for our future. However, it is not easy to raise children to be good residents in the future, especially in society today, children have chances to contact and use technology as television, computer, and phone. There are a lot of parents believe that watching television has negative effects on children, but some of them think television brings advantages for children's development. Watching television helps children learn and acquire knowledge faster, also helps children reduce stress after school time. First of all, the best way to memorize knowledge is using pictures and sounds which are on television. If you have choices between reading a book and watching a video from television about animal world, which one do you choose? Reading or watching? I am sure that a lot of children choose watching video because the pictures and the sounds from video help them feel interested and remember longer than reading. In fact, when I was a child, I did not like history because it is so boring; therefore, every time I went to history class, I slept. So my history teacher found a new way to teach his students was giving so many movie clips that related to his lesson. Finally, my friends and I felt curious and excited when we watched his movies. After that, I found some shows on television which were about history, and I watched them for a long time. In addition, television does not only provide knowledge about history or animal that are very helpful for children, also provides new information