In this era of rapid social and technological change, leading to greater complexity of society, computer has become one of the most valuable tools to mankind. However, some people think that even though they acknowledge the importance and the usefulness of computer, they believe that playing computer games is only a wasteful action for children. So is computer game all that bad? Personally, I think that computer games do have certain positive effects on children.
To begin with, playing computer games makes children become familar with the uses of computer. It is true that, in many of today's work, computer skill is indispensable; one may need to employ software systems such as Microsoft word or power point when one prepares for a presentation. In my case, I have acquired the computer skill by playing computer games. In fact, when my father firstly bought a computer, I barely knew how to turn on the machine. However, my desire to play games led me to learn about the computer. I did not feel any pressure nor difficulty while learning them. Since I spent considerable amount of time with computer, I was able to know most of functions in computer and also discover my talent in computer skill. Thanks to the discovery, I pursued a major in computer science, and now I'm working as a computer engineering that gives me a fine pay. If It had not been for a computer game, I would have never been able to know that I have a great talent in computer technology.
In addition, I believe all games are greatly helpful for children to have a postive attitude towards their goals. From my own personal experience, playing a computer game "Diablo" helped me create "can do" attitude in my life. It might sound a bit silly, but I really worked very hard to make my character to be one of the strongest on in the whole server. I spent almost my whole summer playing the game. My parents and friends severly criticized me for not having done any academic work, however, It taught me to have such attitude. Because of that, no matter how difficult situation where I face with, I never give up on anything. I always keep the belief in my mind that If I make my best effort on the thing, it is always possible to acheive what I desire. In this respect, playing computer game greatly helped me have a valuable lesson that is extremely effective in many aspects of my life from keeping relationships to working.
Simply put, there are reasons against and for playing computer games. People often show their concerns over adverse impacts of computer game on children. However, I believe, especially when we consider the factors such as the computer is undoubtedly a crucial devise in our everyday lives and children can easily learn off how to use computer, and It generates a "can do" attitude in a wide range of aspects in their lives.
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