Entertainment in Education Neil Postman's book Amusing Ourselves to Death discusses the impact that television has on American culture. Postman talks about how much American culture relies on television and shows how this is done. It shows the impact television has on the written word, education, and youth in America. Postman explains how teaching has changed to make it easier for our young people to understand and how they are not improving the curriculum but making it more fun. Somehow television has crept into American school systems and is now becoming, sadly, a staple in the education of our young people. I consider it a huge problem because at school we are putting in front of us the thing that turns our minds off! How do our minds turn off, you may ask? From an early age we are taught that television should be used for fun and entertainment, so the first time something doesn't capture our interests we change the channel. Postman talks about this and mentions the effects that a show like "Sesame Street" has on us by saying that there are many things in these types of shows that capture our attention, we like them and serve as preparation for entering a fun-loving culture (142). ). But in reality it turns out that not all learning is fun and that sometimes it takes effort to learn. Even Postino says this: "Above all, they will have learned that learning is a form of entertainment, or, more precisely, that anything worth learning is a form of entertainment, and towards" (154). Postman says, “You will find that it is Some say that children will learn best when they are interested in what they are learning” (146). Ok, sure, at this point our children are convinced from their experiences growing up that television is entertainment. So, if the only things that interest us are those that capture our attention, then what are we taught if we learn things that only capture our interest? Things like "Mimi's Journey" are used to teach our youth. The television series just mentioned is one