In the article “The dangers of Reality” by Timothy Sexton , Sexton believes that viewers are brain washed into believing knowledge and education are worthless compared to what is shown in reality shows. I agree with Sexton, I believe that reality shows are promoting unhealthy competition, and education is key to success.
Jersey Shore is a good example of unhealthy competition. In which we see many of the characters competing for a girl. Most of the character are making bets among themselves. This arises the competitive spirit within each individual to do anything in their power to win over a girl. This is seen as unhealthy because many are driven to do stupid things to win the bet, like in Jersey Shore, where one see’s the “Situation” who is a character in the show, and he would sweet talk to a girl, lie to them about their looks, and even influence them into getting drunk. All this was the outcome of a personal bet not only within himself, but also with his peers from the show.
Education is an important asset in ones life, and with out it one would be walking blind as in a cave. Many shows have diminished the idea of education for example in the show Fear Factor, where there is no logic in the games the contestant’s face games such as, eating animal gonads, eating roaches. There is really no theme of education instead they promote one to not use their brain, and instead eat animal gonads, which is really disgusting. These ridiculous reality t.v shows should not be shown. If more shows were to show derivative of an equation, or the graph of sine, tangent, cosine, we would be better off and smarter. Instead of being influenced by these ridiculous t.v shows.
In today’s society some reality shows show unhealthy competition, and ignore the importance of education, but I agree with Sexton, and believe these elements should not be in a reality show.
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