Henderson, Rob "Everything I Know About Elite America I Learned From ‘Fresh Prince’ and ‘West Wing’" The New York Times 10 October 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/10/opinion/sunday/television-culture.html
Many times, TV will overexaggerate things which would never happen in reality. When I was younger, I wouldn't watch TV because I was scared to (I was scared of everything) or I just didn't care. The only things I used to watch when I was younger is Mickey mouse clubhouse, Dora the explorer, and oomie zoomies.I feel like the younger you are, the more you are vulnerable to be influenced by things, like TV. Now, I have Netflix and I can literally watch anything so I feel like I am more influenced. For example, Netflix makes high schoolers seem like they don't have to worry about homework, they just have to be cool and popular when that's not really the reality.
I think that TV gets many things wrong. As stated above, high schoolers in movies always care about how they look, and don't have any homework. According to High School Musical, people break out to a song every five seconds, and you can group chat the entire school?? It really set my expectations high for high school, but no. High school is just like any other grade. They also promote many stereotypes such as Asians are the Nerdy kids, black people are good at sports, etc.
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