It seems like each year society creates a new and improved video game filled with sex, violence, and scandal. Following right behind the new video games are all of the new chat sites fir teens that can keep our teens up all night missing out on their homework and valuable sleep.
It is amazing to see how much students know about computers and game technology. Sometimes they boggle my mind because they know how to download and program websites and links I have never seen or heard if. Although teens are becoming more advanced in technology knowledge, they are becomng less and less knowledgeable in the classroom setting, and less interested in taking their academics seriously to make a better living for themselves.
Chatting on the web and playing video games all the time as taken the place of going outside to ride a bike and youth recreational activities. If we do not take a stand and help guide our children back to athletics and school books, our youth will be able to do nothing more than web design, upload mobile pictures and check their email.
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I understand what you're saying but I think a firm grip on computers is necessary to succeed in many jobs today.
The job that I'm working at, they are moving all of their hard copy files, scanning them, and uploading them onto the computer to make things easier for buyers and suppliers.
It is important to concentrate on school etc but computers and technology opens many feilds for kids to go into. Almost all communication is done through computers and I don't think advancing computer education is a bad thing.
There is a balance between spending every free hour on the computer and knowing your basic windowns programs. I agree that video games are the new form of entertainment for people of all ages. I think that some of that has to do with the parents. Don't let your child play video games for hours and maybe they will concentrate on their homework.
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All the believers, they were smiling and winking at each other, I could honestly say I was scared for my life.
Uhh... I grew up on computers, mostly. We got a good computer, and internet access, when I was still in elementary school, so it's hard for me to remember a time without computers. I have almost straight A's in all three years in college I've been to. Taking classes like biochem and genetics and cell biology, plus history classes every semester. Oh, and I'm easily on the computer 6-7 hours a day, whether it be doing homework, talking to my boyfriend, or doing work here on ProU.
My little sister has been able to play on the computer since she was 3. She's 9 now, and she's at the top of her class. We also have a Wii that she and her sister like to play quite often as well. And Gameboys that they enjoy.
Just because someone plays on the computer or plays video games quite often doesn't mean that they aren't concentrating on school. The key is regulation. They only get to play once they finish their homework, or they get into trouble. If my grades would have slipped in high school (they did twice, only because I was horrible at the vocabulary tests we had, and did remarkably better after we finished them), then my mom would have restricted my computer time as well.
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