Laz, you don't get it. These kids are showing Alan up! They are able to do what Alan can't and Alan's little bitty feelings are hurt.
Man, people would picket an effing rock if they thought it would give them some TV face time.
Well, that is true as well.
Their children almost all become fluent in one or more foreign languages, while the U.S. performance is pathetic in this area.
The only thing in the whole pile of processed bull food that I agree with. Know why? Because learning a second language when you are young actually helps dyslexic children learn to read, add in adults reading to their children and no TV (yes, I do mean no TV, zip, zero, nada and zilch) before age eight and you will have just greatly improved the chances of dyslexic children being able to read.
How do I know this? Because, I am dyslexic. I had no idea until I was in college and they were giving us sample tests as part of a course on learning disabilities.
Of course it takes them two weeks to learn to read and write while it takes us two years. (A third of the first six years of grade school is spent on readin' and writin'.)
Aw, what a cute little lie! No, it does not take them two weeks to learn to read and write. It takes them about six months. The same amount of time it takes someone to learn how to read and write English. That a "third of the first six years of grade school is spent on readin' and writin'" if true is a blistering indictment of teachers and the faulty methods of teaching that are in common usage in American schooling.
So what you are saying is, a little TV is okay.