For one of our assignments, we had to "watch" TV for a while, but in a variety of different ways. First, we had to watch it normally, turned on and with sound turned up. Then we had to watch a TV channel -the program did not matter- with no sound, just watch the picture on the screen. We also had to watch the news with the sound on. This was just like watching a normal program because I watch the news on a normal basis. That wasn't the last thing we had to do though. Next we had to watch the TV. Just watch the TV, turned off. All we were doing was watching the blank screen for thirty minutes.
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Out of all of these tasks, the hardest one to complete was watching the TV turned off. Just looking at a blank screen for 30 minutes was extremely boring. One assignment that we also had to do was watch someone else watch TV. At least that was a little more interesting that just looking at a screen. To help pass the half hour time span by, I began to pay attention to the slight reflections that were coming from the TV screen. Since my TV faces a window that faces a road, I was able to count the cars that drove by. If I had probably stared at it longer, I probably would have been able to adjust and then maybe even figure out what color or type that car was.
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Growing up In the era of television, we have been taught how to watch TV; now a days, everything is technologically based. If the power goes out, all we can think of doing is read a book or go outside, but from watching TV, socialization becomes something that someone has to learn. TV separates humans from one another depending on how long someone watches it for so spending time with other people diminishes.
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