Educational TV

Everyone’s letter (Aug. 7) seems to applaud the three hours of educational programs a week. In theory, it is a nice thought. Shouldn’t we be encouraging children to watch less TV and read more? Shouldn’t we be taking it upon ourselves to teach our children? Or would we rather just plop them down in front of the TV and programs like “Bill Nye the Science Guy”--so that they learn education has to be entertaining?

And then we can criticize the broadcasters when our children do poorly in school because it’s not as fun as learning from TV--instead of blaming ourselves for allowing the television to be their educator in the first place.

THERESA SOLIS

Winnetka