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A World Without 'Sesame Street'

Trump's America.

Esteban Ceballos
Apr 11, 2017
University at Albany, SUNY
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A World Without 'Sesame Street'
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Donald Trump has done it again. He’s been able to surprise me with his stupidity once again, I honestly didn’t think it was possible.

Everyone is focused on his decision to bomb Syria, in good reason, that they are overlooking his proposal to cut public broadcasting in order to increase military spending.

Public broadcasting has been around my whole and I honestly do not know where I would be without. If it wasn’t for public broadcasting, my school mornings would not have been full of Sesame Street, Cyberchase, Curious George, among others.

These shows have critical life lessons and engages the viewers cognitively through math problems and critical analyses.

Trump’s budget proposal would include the dismantling of PBS and it would put a huge dent in our country. Trump wants to make “America Great Again” but he is doing the opposite.

PBS helps kids learn how to read, learn mathematical equations, and how to be generally kind to those around them.

PBS is in homes where kids face an unstable life and find solace in Big Bird and Barney. PBS is in homes where kids struggle with numbers and find solace in Cyberchase and Count von Count. PBS is in homes where kids struggle with curiosity and timidness and find solace in Caillou and Curious George.

How are we going to dismantle a television program that not only educates the young but also the more adult. PBS offers shows like NOVA that enlighten those on the sciences and can even spark an interest in young adults to go into a STEM career.

PBS CEO Paula Kreger said, “the benefits are tangible: increasing school readiness for kids 2-8, support for teachers and homeschoolers, lifelong learning, public safety communications and civil discourse.”

Kreger went on to say that it does not cost too much to keep the broadcasting running either, it is around $1.35 a person per year.

Trump needs to realize all the bad things that will come with the downfall of PBS and what that would mean for the future generations to come.

I cannot even fathom a world without Elmo and the crew, and I do not want my kids to grow up in a world without them.

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