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It is often said that playing computer games serves as a fun way to recharge energy. However, I believe that computer games have many negative aspects for two reasons: computer games stimulate violence and distract people from future employment.
To begin with, computer games introduce and stimulate violence. This is due to the fact that computer games tend to have many stimulating contents such as exaggerated actions, sexuality, and vulgar language in order to attract the player's attention. Thus, people who lack a sense of morality and judgement often imitate and pick up such contents. For example, Jun Kim, fifteen-year-old male in Korea, had played computer games all day long ranging from action games to role playing games because his parents were busy with work. He saw a game describing a gun as a good way to solve problems and promote a social justice. Finally, He ended up hunting his friend, but he thought it was okay to commit such action because he just copied what was on the game, which seems cool to him.
In addition, playing computer games has a negative influence on preparing future employment. This is due to the fact that when students spend a lot of time on playing games, they cannot develop their expertise. Moreover, as the modern society is becoming increasingly competitive and specialized, today's job markets require job candidates with such a high degree of expertise. According to a study conducted by Seoul National University of Korea in 2010, there was a difference between two groups of students: Group A had played more than 4 hours a day on average, and Group B had not been allowed at all. Instead, Group B spend most of their time on major-related activities in order to further their expertise. After ten years, the researchers tracked down the same groups and reported that not only the employment rate of Group B was twice higher than that of the former group, also employees of Group B had 26 percent higher payment on average. This implies that restricting the amount of game time can contribute to preparing the future.
In brief, although playing computer games allows people to relieve their stress, its disadvantages outweigh its advantages because it often makes people more violent and keep students from building their career. |