[Speed Gibson,
Sunday June 5, 2005 at 10:58pm]
Ain't No Thing - Week 14
Finally, another true amateur takes the mike. Today it was Dr. Paul G. (I'll fill this in tomorrow when I find where I wrote it down.) Vocally, I think he did just fine for a debut performance.
Paul spent the whole two hours on one topic. This is tough to do, but I think he made it work, for the subject was TV's effects on small children.
He believes no child under seven should see any TV, not even Disney or Sesame Street. During this critical time when the child's imagination is developed, TV is stultifying by giving you the images directly. He walks the walk in his own home, the sole exception being NFL football.
I raised an eyebrow, however, when he mentioned, claimed really, that all this TV was causing learning disabilities like Attention Deficit Disorder. I was skeptical not so much over his premise, but his implied acceptance of the ADD statistics out there that many of us question.
I raised the other eyebrow when in the second hour, he said he was a chiropractic doctor. I don't want to start a side discussion about the merits of chiropractors, but they do have a tendency to wander into other areas like nutrition, allergies, and yes, learning disabilities.
But he largely restrained whatever urge he might have had to plug his trade, and I felt the discussion was a good one.
A solid B here, but I'd like to hear a second hour on say, the new I-394 toll lanes.
Paul spent the whole two hours on one topic. This is tough to do, but I think he made it work, for the subject was TV's effects on small children.
He believes no child under seven should see any TV, not even Disney or Sesame Street. During this critical time when the child's imagination is developed, TV is stultifying by giving you the images directly. He walks the walk in his own home, the sole exception being NFL football.
I raised an eyebrow, however, when he mentioned, claimed really, that all this TV was causing learning disabilities like Attention Deficit Disorder. I was skeptical not so much over his premise, but his implied acceptance of the ADD statistics out there that many of us question.
I raised the other eyebrow when in the second hour, he said he was a chiropractic doctor. I don't want to start a side discussion about the merits of chiropractors, but they do have a tendency to wander into other areas like nutrition, allergies, and yes, learning disabilities.
But he largely restrained whatever urge he might have had to plug his trade, and I felt the discussion was a good one.
A solid B here, but I'd like to hear a second hour on say, the new I-394 toll lanes.