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Too Many Computers Hurt Learning
An anonymous reader writes "The Christian Science Monitor is running a story on a recent University of Munich study of school children in 31 countries that found a correlation between frequent computer usage and poor academic performance. Having more than one computer in the home was found to be particularly bad news! For those Slashdotters with children, how do you deal with your kids' computer use?"
4 hours AND valedictorian?
:P
Let me just express my disliking of you, says the 50th percentile
Yeah, but you suck at Counterstrike.
and you've never had sex too! what a tripple whammy
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correct English and correct spelling was also deficient in most schools
You're question presupposes that us Slashdot nerds actually have enough of a life to:
1) Turn off the computer(s)
2) Date (or more accurately, find a girl desperate enough to go out with us)
3) Turn off the computer(s) and go out long enough to have a serious relationship
4) Marry (nowadays optional)
5) Turn off the computer(s)and actually make kids
6) Give up control of one or more of *your* computer(s) so that the aforementioned hypothetical kids can get on the computer(s) so that later, as you realize there is more to parenting than sitting them in front of a computer screen the entire day, you can kick them off
Sounds like a long shot to me.
It was as though a billion non-english speakers cried out in pain, and were silenced.
Enjoy getting dialects to work, too.
Sounds double plus good to me!
You can have my cynical agnosticism when you pry it from my cold, dead logic.
You do realize that some people are cursed with writing problems. I normally get "their" and "there" wright but sometimes I slip, I still after 27 years need to be conscious on what I am writing.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Should I have mentioned that it was a lame joke.
This is slashdot, that's pretty much a given.
Thats why I installed Linux; to eliminate the game distraction and find something productive to do. Then I found /. .... =(
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3. the computer is used for schoolwork and research.
Then what the heck are you doing here?
Well, that's only natural. Cock and Ball Torture would make me perform worse in school, too.
Don't forget urban english, farmer english, southern english, chat room english, outsourced tech support english...
Have you hugged your penguin today?
> Most kids don't naturally have a since of focus if they have the chance they will do other things that are more enjoyable then homework.
Finally, a good use for Windows XP Starter Edition!
I think you misspelled "DoubleStandard".
"If God created us in his own image we have more than reciprocated." - Voltaire
Does that mean Scouse and Cockney are 4 valid English, because they are from England? The way those east enders talk is a crime against the language.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
If 2 many 'puter iz bad fer yuz, tha'd mean peplez like ize which haz a lod uv 'puterz wudz be reawy reawy dum
Instead of just letting your kids play counter-strike, make them have to jump through hoops, crack firewall passwords, decrypt .shadow password files, make it a challenge. That way when they are done they've learned a valuable skill. And the aiming and shooting skills the aquire at CS will helpt them deal withe consequences of thier new skill as well.
"Your superior intellect is no match for our puny weapons!"
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
I think the use of broadband internet as well as multitasking and more importanly, lack of self control are the reasons for lack of learning. The fact that I can keep my AIM with the compulsive need to check it every five minutes, accompanied by winamp and firefox with infinite time wasting abilities, while I'm trying to write up my lab report is not a winning combination. If I was able to pull my ethernet cord out from my jack I can gurantee I would get much more work done and be able to focus on work. I'm sure many people can attest to this.
One word: firewall. On my home LAN, when the 16 yo Boy's grades start to fall [like recently], his machine is blocked from any access to the Internet except for mail. he still has the ability to use OpenOffice and other things he needs, but the Internet is gone [while I sit in the other room and can still use it].
My 12 yo daughter typically has better grades, but more of a disrespect of parental authority thing. When that flares up, I change her password. She gets it back when her behavior improves.