▶ Your Answer :
Whether or not playing the video games is
inimical to children is controversial. The author in the reading passage argues
that playing first-person action games has negative effects on children.
However, the lecturer contradicts the author’s opinion by maintaining that first-person
action game is not harmful for children.
First of all, the author says that many
children expend too much time playing game and show addictive behaviors.
However, the lecturer rebuffs this point of view. In fact, many children spend
more time watching television programs or reading books than playing games. In
addition, the video games are not responsible to compulsive behavior because
same symptoms were observed from other aspects concerning their entire lives.
This implies that playing the video games do not cause the addictive behavior
and compulsive actions.
Secondly, the author thinks that playing
the video games make the children act aggressively. The lecturer, on the other
hand, rebuts this claim. This is because when the video games had the greatest
popularity about 30 years ago, violent crime rates showed the lowest values. If
playing the games were the reason of the aggressive and criminal behavior, it
should have shown higher rates of violent crime about 30 years ago. This
indicates that aggressive action does not related to the video games.
The final point made by the author is that
play games have no advantageous aspects to children. However, this point is
rebutted by the lecturer. There are many beneficial characteristics including
the interaction with other players and ability to solve problems. Moreover,
children can cultivate multitasking skills and spatial skills, which are
helpful for children’s lives. |