Some people think that secondary school children should study international news as one of the school subjects. Other people think that it is a waste of valuable school time. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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The importance of global media appears to increase year after year, so much so there have been calls to introduce news channels into the classroom. I believe

this

to be politically dangerous and potentially damaging due to the

nature

of international media.

Firstly

, considering the importance education has in a modern society, it is extremely worrying and dangerous to even consider substituting school subjects with international news.

This

is because the danger lies in choosing a correct, balanced, unbiased and neutral news source, if one even exists.

For example

, if a child spent their school days watching FOX NEWS, they would potentially have a skewed opinion of the world due to its unabashed right-wing credentials.

Therefore

, changing a child’s information diet from traditional subjects

such

as music, PE, or geography to watching a potentially partisan news channel is an extremely worrying and risky idea.

Secondly

, if international news were to become a new subject it could have a detrimental emotional impact on young minds.

This

is because in general the majority of news is of a negative

nature

hence

the expression, “If it bleeds, it leads”.

For example

, studies by the EFE News Agency show that 85% of headlines are negative in

nature

, usually referring to natural disasters, war, famine, etc. The logic of having these types of stories beamed into a school to those of an impressionable age has to be challenged.

Thus

the obligation of watching news of a negative

nature

makes for a convincing argument against

such

an innovation. To conclude, due to the risk from political influences and the harsh reality of global news, I am strongly in favour of maintaining the current curriculum.

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Some people think that secondary school children should study international news as one of the school subjects. Other people think that it is a waste of valuable school time. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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