"This work suggests that kids who are more immersed in violent video games may be more likely to get into physical fights, argue with teachers, or display anger and hostility"
May be more likely to get into physical fights? This tells me nothing. Are these kids becoming bullies that go around and beat up everything, or are they standing up for themselves and others more often? People sometimes need to stand up for themselves and others, if games are influencing kids to do such, then they should play more violent games.
More likely to argue with teachers? So what? Maybe the teachers are wrong, in which case someone should tell them, rather than eat the crap that is being force-fed to them.
Displaying anger or hostility? OMGOOSES! You mean kids who play violent video games express themselves? I displayed my anger proudly every time the faculty at my school did something stupid, because I WAS ANGRY!
It seems to me that this article is asumming all of these things are bad qualities, but I happen to find them all to be perfectly healthy...more healthy than a kid who avoids physical violence rather than defending himself, a kid who follows a teacher blindly, or a kid who fails to express himself because he is afraid of what someone else will think.
I have always played violent video games since I was a kid. Back in Jr. High, I was picked on alot by three particular people. I wasn't small or a geek, I was simply quiet and read alot. I didn't fall into geekdom until later in High School. I put up with it for a while, and eventually decided "ENOUGH!". I put one's head through a window, got one down on the ground and started punching him in the face repeatedly while his two friends were punching and kicking me, and pushed the other down some bleachers after he kicked me in the back of the head. None of them bothered me again, and niether did anyone else from then on through High School. I have actually never been in another fight since and am not a fan of real world violence. Sure, that all sounds harsh for a guy who doesn't like violence, but so was putting up with all their crap for so long, sometimes all a bully needs is to get his ass kicked hard once or twice to help them realize what kind of pain and suffering all of their petty little crap day after day adds up to.
Many of my teachers hated me, but I wasn't a troublemaker. I was the kid who pointed out when they said something that was incorrect during class, or asked why I was forced to work problems a certain way when I had another way that was much more efficient and ultimately got me to the right answer. I was the kid who wrote reports on American "heroes" that told the truth about them, rather than portraying them in the light that a teacher would have liked me to. I was the kid who asked about lies that we were taught in American History. For all of this, I was punished during Jr. High and High School. When I started college I was commended for these traits by nearly every one of my professors, why? Because questioning things is a good quality, I for one will not follow anyone blindly. So yeah, I argued with my teachers ALOT.
When the faculty at my school made a stupid decision against me or anyone else, I was mad, and I expressed ANGER. When one of my friends got into more trouble for defending a poor fat kid than the guy who was giving him crap, I got mad. I expressed ANGER AND HOSTILITY towards the teacher who made that decision. I was not ashamed to act out on how I felt, nor should anyone be, because I was right. Today when I read a news story about a kid being arrested for making a map for a video game or writing a paper, I still get angry, and were I face to face with the people who carried out such an arrest I would likely get hostile, because they are America's worst enemy. While everyone else is worried about America's enemies overseas, I am worried about the freedom haters right here in America because they have already infiltrated us, and are right here on our homefront. If we co
Ok, it is obvious that this whole situation is beyond stupid and the ones who need counseling are the faculty and overly concerned parents. I read another article on/. today about the link between violence and video games that concluded that while violent games may not cause the violence, people who play violent video games are more prone to "get into physical fights, be more aggressive verbally and outspoken against teachers and other authority figures". Another opinion article I read on Yahoo! last week was talking about how schools are environments where students are taught not to defend themselves, that it is someone elses job, and that we are turning our children into pansy's.
I'm not going to deny these findings, but rather pose a question about them. Could these findings actually be turning up a positive result of children who play violent video games? Being more likely to get into a physical fight isn't always a bad thing...sometimes it is necessary to defend yourself or others. Perhaps before playing the violent video games these kids would have just taken it and let it build up, and then become the next Cho. Is it really so bad to be outspoken against a teacher or authority figure? Many teachers in school hated me, but I wasn't a trouble maker. When they said something that was incorrect in class, I corrected them, and most of the time was punished for doing so. Why shouldn't people be outspoken against authority figures if in fact the authority figures are in the wrong? Are we to follow blindly? I think not.
Most likely this kid was just having fun exercising a skillset that he possesses and playing a game with his friends, and had no problem with the school's faculty or the local police department, and had no reason to even consider going into his school guns blazing. In light of recent events, I wouldn't be surprised if he decided to re-evaluate this...we would certainly be free of some retarded kids(the ones who said that him making this map scared them), and some people who have no business teaching kids, and heck maybe we could get rid of a couple of the overly moronic parents that were complaining about the situation.
After all, we just took a kid who had absolutely no motivation to carry out such an act, and handed him motivation for such a plot on a silver platter.
A computer literate person is a person who can operate an unfamiliar computer system without the fear of breaking it. Most computer software is friendly enough to not let you break stuff that easily. Secondly, it is someone who can sit down with software they have never used before, and manage to figure out how to use it without taking a class at the local community college, through using familiar icons that appear in several programs, familiar layouts(like switching between MS Office and OpenOffice), or god forbid using that feature that is built into most programs that 9/10 people don't even know exists called HELP. The way I see it, computer literacy quite simply put is knowing HOW and WHERE to find the information you need.
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"This work suggests that kids who are more immersed in violent video games may be more likely to get into physical fights, argue with teachers, or display anger and hostility"
May be more likely to get into physical fights? This tells me nothing. Are these kids becoming bullies that go around and beat up everything, or are they standing up for themselves and others more often? People sometimes need to stand up for themselves and others, if games are influencing kids to do such, then they should play more violent games.
More likely to argue with teachers? So what? Maybe the teachers are wrong, in which case someone should tell them, rather than eat the crap that is being force-fed to them.
Displaying anger or hostility? OMGOOSES! You mean kids who play violent video games express themselves? I displayed my anger proudly every time the faculty at my school did something stupid, because I WAS ANGRY!
It seems to me that this article is asumming all of these things are bad qualities, but I happen to find them all to be perfectly healthy...more healthy than a kid who avoids physical violence rather than defending himself, a kid who follows a teacher blindly, or a kid who fails to express himself because he is afraid of what someone else will think.
I have always played violent video games since I was a kid. Back in Jr. High, I was picked on alot by three particular people. I wasn't small or a geek, I was simply quiet and read alot. I didn't fall into geekdom until later in High School. I put up with it for a while, and eventually decided "ENOUGH!". I put one's head through a window, got one down on the ground and started punching him in the face repeatedly while his two friends were punching and kicking me, and pushed the other down some bleachers after he kicked me in the back of the head. None of them bothered me again, and niether did anyone else from then on through High School. I have actually never been in another fight since and am not a fan of real world violence. Sure, that all sounds harsh for a guy who doesn't like violence, but so was putting up with all their crap for so long, sometimes all a bully needs is to get his ass kicked hard once or twice to help them realize what kind of pain and suffering all of their petty little crap day after day adds up to.
Many of my teachers hated me, but I wasn't a troublemaker. I was the kid who pointed out when they said something that was incorrect during class, or asked why I was forced to work problems a certain way when I had another way that was much more efficient and ultimately got me to the right answer. I was the kid who wrote reports on American "heroes" that told the truth about them, rather than portraying them in the light that a teacher would have liked me to. I was the kid who asked about lies that we were taught in American History. For all of this, I was punished during Jr. High and High School. When I started college I was commended for these traits by nearly every one of my professors, why? Because questioning things is a good quality, I for one will not follow anyone blindly. So yeah, I argued with my teachers ALOT.
When the faculty at my school made a stupid decision against me or anyone else, I was mad, and I expressed ANGER. When one of my friends got into more trouble for defending a poor fat kid than the guy who was giving him crap, I got mad. I expressed ANGER AND HOSTILITY towards the teacher who made that decision. I was not ashamed to act out on how I felt, nor should anyone be, because I was right. Today when I read a news story about a kid being arrested for making a map for a video game or writing a paper, I still get angry, and were I face to face with the people who carried out such an arrest I would likely get hostile, because they are America's worst enemy. While everyone else is worried about America's enemies overseas, I am worried about the freedom haters right here in America because they have already infiltrated us, and are right here on our homefront. If we co
Ok, it is obvious that this whole situation is beyond stupid and the ones who need counseling are the faculty and overly concerned parents. I read another article on /. today about the link between violence and video games that concluded that while violent games may not cause the violence, people who play violent video games are more prone to "get into physical fights, be more aggressive verbally and outspoken against teachers and other authority figures". Another opinion article I read on Yahoo! last week was talking about how schools are environments where students are taught not to defend themselves, that it is someone elses job, and that we are turning our children into pansy's.
I'm not going to deny these findings, but rather pose a question about them. Could these findings actually be turning up a positive result of children who play violent video games? Being more likely to get into a physical fight isn't always a bad thing...sometimes it is necessary to defend yourself or others. Perhaps before playing the violent video games these kids would have just taken it and let it build up, and then become the next Cho. Is it really so bad to be outspoken against a teacher or authority figure? Many teachers in school hated me, but I wasn't a trouble maker. When they said something that was incorrect in class, I corrected them, and most of the time was punished for doing so. Why shouldn't people be outspoken against authority figures if in fact the authority figures are in the wrong? Are we to follow blindly? I think not.
Most likely this kid was just having fun exercising a skillset that he possesses and playing a game with his friends, and had no problem with the school's faculty or the local police department, and had no reason to even consider going into his school guns blazing. In light of recent events, I wouldn't be surprised if he decided to re-evaluate this...we would certainly be free of some retarded kids(the ones who said that him making this map scared them), and some people who have no business teaching kids, and heck maybe we could get rid of a couple of the overly moronic parents that were complaining about the situation.
After all, we just took a kid who had absolutely no motivation to carry out such an act, and handed him motivation for such a plot on a silver platter.
A computer literate person is a person who can operate an unfamiliar computer system without the fear of breaking it. Most computer software is friendly enough to not let you break stuff that easily. Secondly, it is someone who can sit down with software they have never used before, and manage to figure out how to use it without taking a class at the local community college, through using familiar icons that appear in several programs, familiar layouts(like switching between MS Office and OpenOffice), or god forbid using that feature that is built into most programs that 9/10 people don't even know exists called HELP. The way I see it, computer literacy quite simply put is knowing HOW and WHERE to find the information you need.