Lightning said:
You make me feel bad for disagreeing. =D
I do that sometimes, I don't know how, though XD
Just because someone doesn't like school doesn't mean they disagree with the importance of education in one's life. Sure, education will certainly pay off later but...hey, kids are kids. I know I personally would rather be home on the computer or playing video games rather than reciting dialogues, doing projects, and learning theory. It's just how people tend to be--just because it's important doesn't mean it's still boring.
Honestly, I meant to specify that I was referring to people to hate school simply because they're forced to learn, not because they consider it a general waste of their time...even I bore of school easily, but I'm always aware that what I'm doing is necessary for success...I don't expect younger kids and other people to be so accepting (although they should be ;D)
I don't agree with the people who play games in class. Though that would undoubtedly be a major problem if handhelds such as Gameboys were allowed, regrettably. However, I definitely fall into this category myself. o_o Especially last year--a lot of the people in my school, to put it kindly, are dolts. They don't understand anything and they constantly take the hardest stream of education available for some reason (there are different levels of difficulty for most courses). So naturally, they have to ask a lot of questions and the most mundanely easy tasks stretch out to a whole period. So why sit there and listen to a teacher explain subjects and predicates if I already know it? I can just do the work, sit back, and play a game. Sure, it's not the most respectful thing to be doing in someone's class but...it's better than being bored out of my mind as far as I see it.
If only all people used it as responsibly as you did, it wouldn't be a problem...I'm just worried that if everyone could whip it out whenever they wanted, it would serve as nothing but a major distraction for those who needed the time to work/study/etc. Believe me, whenever my friend secretly takes his PSP out in class I can't help but stare at it no matter what the teacher is saying...I have the same problem regarding everyone but me taking difficult classes because they want it on a resum? and not because they actually want to be in them, and because of that I also find myself quickly done with assignments...I just think it would be incredibly awkward to turn on my SP and be the only one playing one while everyone else is still mired in their assignments; I imagine getting a lot of uncomfortable quizzical stares from my classmates and attracting the ire of my teacher...I like to read ahead in my english books, but that's just me, I'm easily entertained by literature, it's a trait most people can't relate to XD
Plus, I've passed countless lunchtimes and recesses in the past playing my Gameboy to eliminate boredom. No one said it had to be played while physically learning; it's a good way to relax during the day. ^_^; I used to bring my Gameboy Colour to school everyday and sit in the cafeteria during break...and plug it into the wall with the adaptor. XD; My friends would do it too and no one cared--that was great. If I hadn't been allowed to do that, I would've hated school so much then.
During recreational periods I would be more inclined to allow it or to do it myself...but I feel this topic had the less reasonable idea behind it that handhelds should be allowed any moment of any day, and that's what struck a nerve with me; it's a concept that I couldn't abide, and it's frustrating because it seems like just another facet of the mass unwillingness to learn of today's youth.
Anyway, getting to my final point--I think it's okay to bring them to school, but overall it's disrespectful to play them during class. If one's already finished their work and the teacher has confirmed that and doesn't mind what they do afterwards, that's fine. But otherwise, they should be kept off and away during formal education. =\ Not that that would happen, though...but I still wouldn't like it banned. (It wouldn't stop me; I'd still bring mine and play it. <_<)
I may see it differently because they're banned at my school, and the principal and higher administration are very inflexible on the rules...our Biology teacher allowed us to bring games to her class every day a couple of years ago, but that's the only exception. Your points are all valid, and in the scenarios you presented I agree with them...it's just the overall idea of "anytime, anywhere" that seems present in this thread that I'm against x___x;;
