As far as I can remember, people have been debating the pros and cons of games. It is plausible that game is harmful to children because it aggravates health and also it is said that game always interrupt children to study. However, from my point of view, game has a lot of advantages. Therefore, I disagree to the quotation.
It is persuasive that game is noxious to children's health. According to some news articles, watching a television or computer monitor is very harmful to eyes. Some statistics also reflects that children who played a game for a long time wear glasses with high rate. On the other hands, game makes children to kill their time. Because children easily addicted to the game, it is hard to cease it. Thus, game interrupts children to concentrate on study.
However, playing game has also many advantages. Since playing game is more interesting than study, children can refresh their feeling while playing a game. This joyful time encourages children to study harder. For example, in my case, when I was very stressful with preparation of exams, I always played a game, Tetris, for thirty minutes. After I enjoyed the game, I felt some fatigues of the day are getting out of my body. Then I could concentrate on my work better.
In addition, there are many instructive games which are very useful to teach children about lots of knowledge. When I was a middle school student, I was struggling to memorize English vocabulary. At that time, my English teacher recommended an English vocabulary memorizing game. It was capable enough of helping me.
To sum up, game could be harmful to children. However, game can help children to concentrate to their study. Furthermore, it can even teach children about useful knowledge. Therefore, children should be allowed to play computer games with appropriate reasons. |