TV occasionally and The Emmys vs. Nobel Prize

               In my house we do not have cable; therefore, I do not watch a large amount of television. In the mornings the TV is on and I am updated about what is happening in the world. When I get home and am eating snack, I will watch a snippet of “Anderson”.   Before dinner we will sometimes, maybe two or three times a week, watch “How I Met Your Mother,” or “The Big Bang Theory.” Both of these shows allow for a good laugh. Now, I don’t watch much TV compared to the average teenager who watches almost four hours a day!  I only watch TV when I am eating by self, cooking dinner or waiting to leave. These times seem to be logical times for me to have the television on because in those situations the television is in the background of something productive. I do not enjoy just sitting in front of the television doing nothing. I feel useless. I am one of those people who always has to be doing something worthwhile. When I am watching television, unless it is the news, I feel like I am wasting my time.                                                                    

                Our society is extremely focused on our celebrities. “Oh, what is Lindsey doing now?” or “Miley’s hair cut looks terrible! She died it blond then put it in a bun and chopped it off.” Sad? Yes. But, that is what many of the teenagers and young adults of this era focus on.  Everyone cares so much about who wins “Lead Actor of a Comedy Series," or any other Emmy award, as if their whole life depended on whether or not their favorite actor receives this high award, that truly only has an impact on the actor’s life. To be quite honest, the Nobel Prize does not have much of an impact on anyone else’s life but the winner as well. The only differences in the Emmy’s and the Nobel Peace prize is that more people watch the pointless Emmy’s then the educational Nobel Peace prizes. People who earn the Nobel Peace prize have likely done something worthwhile. Who was one of the winners of the Nobel Peace prize last year for Physiology or Medicine? Jules A. Hoffmann. Not many people, no matter the age, even know who that is. (He won the award “discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity.”) Not many people will care or know that he won that award. Who won the “Lead Actor of a Comedy Series” this year? Jon Cryer as Alan Harper in “Two and a Half Men.” Now, while not everyone knows he won this award off the top of their head, 13 million people watched him earn the award and an even larger number know who he is. Does it say something about our modern society that more people care about a comedian than a scientist who won the Nobel peace prize for “discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity?” Yes, I believe it does. As a matter of fact, not many people are going to tune in to watch the Nobel Peace awards this year on October 8^th, 9^th, 10^th or 15^th.  But, 13 million people tuned in to watch the Emmy’s this year.