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in the old days of radio, so Jack Paar certainly cut nightclub
patronage with his late show.
How about Educational Television? When the three-year-
old sits watching the President’s press conference with Dad
and Grandad, that illustrates the serious educational role of
TV. If we ask what is the relation of TV to the learning process,
the answer is surely that the TV image, by its stress on
participation, dialogue, and depth, has brought to America new
demand for crash-programming in education. Whether there
ever will be TV in every classroom is a small matter. The
revolution has already taken place at home. TV has changed
our sense-lives and our mental processes. It has created a
taste for all experience in depth that affects language teaching
as much as car styles. Since TV, nobody is happy with a mere
book knowledge of French or English poetry. The unanimous cry