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Creative Games sans Violence?
jolyon_jnr asks: "I'm looking for games to use in an unusual educational setting: a school within a Juvenile Detention Centre. I don't set policy, so the 'no violence' is a fixed criteria.
I want to engage students' creativity and problem solving skills, without using 'boring educational software'. I've thought of Lemmings and The Incredible Machine. What other suggestions can you offer? Please bear in mind that most students have very low literacy levels, but will learn if motivated sufficiently."
BLAME ADEQUACY
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Should we blame the Geekizoid?
Or Slashdot 2.3?
Should we be blaming Kuro5hin's Rusty?
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For my friend Jim,
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Would never have acted like rats,
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Should we blame the spammers,
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Must all be erased,
The fascists we see must all cease to be,
Before somebody thinks of blaming me!
Teach 'em Java: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/09/156200
The One Rule Of Chess You'll Ever Need: Don't play someone who carries a kit in their bookbag.
If I remember correctly, typing "porn" in the DOS version of SC2000 yielded a sound clip of a guy saying "Can't get enough."
"...today consumers have been conditioned to think of beer when they see a bullfrog..."
...but only if you want to be a fucking pussy faggot.
Get a life you stupid twit
Why isn't this mod'ed up??
Look, I understand SimCity and stuff is non-violent, but is it something that would interest a Juvie? Think about it. "You don't know Jack" and the adventure games the parent suggest are something they actually might try to play.
That's ridiculously skewed.
/me clicks "No Score +1 Bonus")
Of course they generally did better.
A better money-wasting "study" would've been "students who do better on tests and get better grades are more likely to be on the chess team."
*eyebrow furrow*
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics."
-Benjamin Disraeli
(yeah, sorry.. offtopic. I'm not putting down chess. It definitely teaches problem solving skills.. I have a pet peeve with skewed stats..
Of course I have a point! While we're on that subject, what exactly is a point? Webster's defines it as "A part of the leg below the ankle". Note, below the ankle. I rest my case.