Video Games affect on school

I absolutley hate these video games hurt your chances at having a successful eucation arguments.

My local newspaper wrote a 2 page article on the negative affect of video games.

I play games pretty frequently. Never once have I thought that gaming has affected my school work.

Do any of you feel that your success and failures in school have anything to do with gaming at all??

I was not affected once and i have been gaming for years.

i think the sheer number of dumba$$ kids in this country should answer that question for you.....

My Dads a full supporter in that argument and it gets very annoying to hear him rant about gaming affecting school and mental health, etc.

Not to be rude but this thread doesn't exactly help your cause.

Video games actually helped me. For me the easiest way to prepare for a test was to relax, and video games helped. It probably depends on the person though.

Nah I get pretty good grades.

I absolutley hate these video games hurt your chances at having a successful eucation arguments.

My local newspaper wrote a 2 page article on the negative affect of video games.

I play games pretty frequently. Never once have I thought that gaming has affected my school work.

Do any of you feel that your success and failures in school have anything to do with gaming at all??

hkhatir

Yes.

I am a high school student in IT and computer science oriented courses.

Thanks to gaming, I know almost perfectly how to use Windows OSs and how to keep them clean of trash software, how to recognize problems and do troubleshooting, where to put my hands to fix a broken computer, I know what code will work and what will not (although I'm still a newb at this, I only know the basics of C++, HTML, PHP, Java and MySQL), and most important of all, I learned english (we do not have proper english lessons in Italy).

People with no clue about gaming that writes negative effects from gaming can keep their head up their bottom, it doesn't really affect me.

MMORPGS

playing videogames explains my D average

No. But I was lazy in school, barely did any homework. Not because I wanted to play games though, just to avoid it. But I would play video games, or do other stuff in that free time. I think people who cut class when a game is released are stupid though, no offence to anyone who has done that, I have just never seen the point. There is enough time to play at home, maybe not as much as you'd like though.SaltyMeatballs

[QUOTE="SaltyMeatballs"]No. But I was lazy in school, barely did any homework. Not because I wanted to play games though, just to avoid it. But I would play video games, or do other stuff in that free time. I think people who cut class when a game is released are stupid though, no offence to anyone who has done that, I have just never seen the point. There is enough time to play at home, maybe not as much as you'd like though.ujjval16

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[QUOTE="SaltyMeatballs"]No. But I was lazy in school, barely did any homework. Not because I wanted to play games though, just to avoid it. But I would play video games, or do other stuff in that free time. I think people who cut class when a game is released are stupid though, no offence to anyone who has done that, I have just never seen the point. There is enough time to play at home, maybe not as much as you'd like though.SaltyMeatballs

I think they did when I was in like...middle school. Not so much now..maybe. IDK I do loooove video games thoe, its my main hobby.

Video games have no effect on school. the people that play games and get bad grades have priority issues, that is the problem. If they didn't have games, those issues wouldn't go away, they'd simply find something else to distract them. I would know, I was once one of them.

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[QUOTE="SaltyMeatballs"]No. But I was lazy in school, barely did any homework. Not because I wanted to play games though, just to avoid it. But I would play video games, or do other stuff in that free time. I think people who cut class when a game is released are stupid though, no offence to anyone who has done that, I have just never seen the point. There is enough time to play at home, maybe not as much as you'd like though.SaltyMeatballs

Video games have no effect on school. the people that play games and get bad grades have priority issues, that is the problem. If they didn't have games, those issues wouldn't go away, they'd simply find something else to distract them. I would know, I was once one of them.

organic_machine

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Video games have no effect on school. the people that play games and get bad grades have priority issues, that is the problem. If they didn't have games, those issues wouldn't go away, they'd simply find something else to distract them. I would know, I was once one of them.

JangoWuzHere

I always would have a "anything but homework" mentality, so I would have found something else to do...

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Video games have no effect on school. the people that play games and get bad grades have priority issues, that is the problem. If they didn't have games, those issues wouldn't go away, they'd simply find something else to distract them. I would know, I was once one of them.

organic_machine

I always would have a "anything but homework" mentality, so I would have found something else to do...

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[QUOTE="JangoWuzHere"] ehhh if my mom took the power cable away from my computer or consoles I would have nothing else to do. I would do my homework.JangoWuzHere

I always would have a "anything but homework" mentality, so I would have found something else to do...

Anything. Go outside and ride my bike. Go to sleep. Anything.

I had priority issues.

Like what? Play with army men dudes?JangoWuzHere

No.

[spoiler] Searching for the power cable. [/spoiler]

Oh to be honest I skipped 3 months of my final year in secondary school to play WoW.. though I still aced the final exams looking back on it if I were a less capable student that would have affected me pretty badly.

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I always would have a "anything but homework" mentality, so I would have found something else to do...

organic_machine

Anything. Go outside and ride my bike. Go to sleep. Anything.

I had priority issues.

Oh to be honest I skipped 3 months of my final year in secondary school to play WoW.. though I still aced the final exams looking back on it if I were a less capable student that would have affected me pretty badly.

Espada12

Oh to be honest I skipped 3 months of my final year in secondary school to play WoW.. though I still aced the final exams looking back on it if I were a less capable student that would have affected me pretty badly.

Espada12

this.

back when i was hardcore into EQ/WoW in college i used to skip alot of classes, and halfass alot of assignments. I still got Bs and B+s because i always did well on exams... but i had straight A's prior.

My mom would wake me up, or ask me were I was going if I did that.JangoWuzHere

I would have lied. I know, I was a horrible kid. I learned my lesson though, when I got like three Fs back in 6th grade one quarter. Yeah, my priorities changed after that. :P

video games certainly affected school for me, i got pretty bad gcse grades

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Oh to be honest I skipped 3 months of my final year in secondary school to play WoW.. though I still aced the final exams looking back on it if I were a less capable student that would have affected me pretty badly.

ujjval16

True, but I can't help that think many share the same fate as I did except can't retain knowledge like I do. (I remember stuff for quite some time after I've heard it twice)

I can tell you now that my university was affected the day Halo 3 launched. Something like half the male student demographic was mysteriously absent. :lol:

Naw I dun lerned gewd in skewl. Vidja gaims not messed me up!

People have been complaining about the newest form of media since forever. Greek philosophers thought that poetry had the same effects as some people complain about video games. Food for thought.hexashadow13