Question

A Letter to a Student



I wonder if you will let a stranger say a word
to you? I have heard that you are a young
woman of some ability. I have heard that you are
neglecting your school work because you have
become hopeless of trying to do anything in the
world. I am very sorry for this. How any human
being whose fortune it is to live in these times
should despair of life is almost unbelievable.
And if that person is, as I am, of Negro lineage
with all the hopes and yearnings of millions of
human souls dependent in some way on her
striving, then her bitterne

Answer 1

Keep Babies Away From TV, Warns Psychologist

A psychologist at Harvard Medical School has criticized Sesame Workshop. They produced a DVD aimed at babies and toddlers aged 6 months to 2 years. In an interview with the Washington Post, Susan Linn called the DVD "a betrayal of babies and families." Linn is also founder of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. She added, "There is no evidence that media is beneficial for babies, and they are starting to find evidence that it may be harmful. Until we know for sure, we shouldn't risk putting them in front of the television."

Sesame Workshop produced the DVD with the group for child development, Zero to Three. They also make Sesame Street for PBS. Rosemarie Truglio of the Workshop says they "did a lot of research and preparation" for the video." However, Zero to Three cofounder T. Berry Brazelton is lending his name to the opposition. He urges that "children under two be kept away from screen media. It's too expensive for them physically as well as psychologically."
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9.
What statement from the article is an exaggerated claim to keep babies away from TV?

"They are starting to find evidence that it may be harmful."
The DVD is "a betrayal of babies and families."
"We shouldn't risk putting them in front of the television."
"There is no evidence that media is beneficial for babies."

Answer 2

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