--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <groups@> wrote: > > > > on 9/24/06 8:53 AM, curtisdeltablues at curtisdeltablues@ wrote: > > > > > > On the big negative side are those freak'n video games! Worse > than > > > any of the drug use of the 60's for soul crushing, mind numbing > > > effect. (Now gramps is going to take my walker over to my > cassette > > > player to listen to some old blues so you kids keep that video > game down!) > > > > > I thought that about my nephew, who spent his youth playing video > games, > > when I would have been outside in the fresh air having all sorts of > > adventures. But he has become a gifted artist and just graduated > from a year > > of animation school in Vancouver. He¹s full of ambition and has > all sorts of > > employment opportunities. May go to China in six months. So the > video games > > didn¹t rot his brain. > > > > It's very possible that video games enliven and heighten one's > abilities. > > It better be because the pilots that fly the planes that take us > from point A to point B train for 1,000s of hours on flight > simulators which are, basically, video games. >
And college classes are often conducted by video. HOWEVER, its pretty much a given these days that TV viewing before the age of 4 years of age is a big no-no. It's a very strong predictor of ADHD. IOW, just because adults use it for practical benefits, doesn't mean that its always good for kids. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
