Today, in level assembly, someone mentioned the creation of a gaming centre in school. His intention was to prevent any "illegal" gaming in school. Thus shows the strong desire or need to play games, even in school. The right way to tackle the problem should be to completely eradicate the playing of games in school, by somehow making the students understand that NO games are to be allowed, by somehow letting them know that it is time for lesson. Make them understand that, they cannot play, as if they are in the toilet, or in similar circumstances. Not that they not allowed to play, but that they cannot play.
The other problem with this initiative is that many students are accustomed to having a teacher teach. If this is so, they can ask questions, make clear a theory, or do things not done easily on a computer. I feel that I learn better when looking at a whiteboard than at a computer screen. I have asked around, and that is the general consensus of the class population.
There are the distractions, as well as the limitations. Thus, I feel that the FutureSchool@Singapore program, has been quite a failure, or at least in Hwa Chong, or maybe just in my class.
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I do agree with your point about the gaming centre to as to "prevent illegal gaming", and I would like to elaborate on it. This actually breaks the "spirit of the law" - to prevent students from being distracted by games so that they can focus on studies. That statement in itself also does not make any sense at all.
ReplyDeleteThink about it: It is equivalent to saying that "Oh we should legalize guns in Singapore so that there will not be people who will have illegal possession of guns." That statement is ridiculous.
I believe that the "gaming center" idea was a little okay, but I do disagree about being completely not distracted by computer games.
ReplyDeleteFrom my interpretation of your post, I can tell that you disagree with gaming at school. However, with the advancement in technology, it can be nearly as impossible as a parent in Singapore trying to prevent his child from getting in contact with any computers whatsoever. However, you are right that no one should game in school.
Perhaps, it would serve us better to be distracted by sports instead, where the school may promote sports through daily recess sports competition, with small prizes like stationery. Other than that, for computer gaming, gaming center may be a good idea for teachers can take a look at how often a student plays, what he plays, and thus from there on limit the time. Slowly and surely, this will gradually reduce gaming in school to an absolute minimum.
Hi Calvin.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I see, although you have come up with a good point on how to curb computer gaming, you still aren't getting the point. The very reason why we want to curb computer gaming is not because of the game itself, but rather the harmful consequences it brings to us.
Because of that, sports are actually used to motivate students, showing them that there is actually something good in life, so that they can relax for a few hours before having more energy to go back to studying.