Moment of Zen

Hey Guys, here is my new Moment of Zen:
According to last week´s lesson, I chose on the qustions of got from you:
"Do you think the Teletubbies have an educational function as ´Sesame Street´?"

Well, as I told you in my presentation, there are lots of negative aspects of TV, such as violence and crime influencing the children´s attitude towards violence in reality; but on the other hand, there are positive aspects as well, such as the educational function. This is represented by the CNN Newsfeed at schools, or, as mentioned above, by the Sesame Street. Children can communicate with their peers while watching and with the characters on TV, such as Samson and Tiffy, with the aid of symbols, songs and so on. There you have a ´real´ language, that children can learn something from.
Transfered to the Teletubbies, one has to say, that is is absolutely NOT the case. They do not have a real language apart from the speaker, they communicate with their own one and they only call their names... that is all of communication in this series - and there is a danger for children, especially for those sitting in front of the TV for hours and hours and whose parents do not care for them. They might adopt this language and have difficulties to get rid of it.

I think that the Teletubbies absolutely have NO educational function and should be abandoned from TV!
But find out yourselves if you consider them as worth watching for you child in the future:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiaLOzP1lCA