It is very real problem among these students I feel , since they may not recover from the obesity they gain in one to two years of stooped in front of a computer.
OffWorld Not to mention the great risk to the future quality of "Girls Gone Wild" videos! --- In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <groups@> wrote: > > > > From Ken Hassman > > > > For each of the twelve years I taught school (4th -6th grades, > mostly > > 6th grade) I regularly and unscientifically polled the students to > get > > an idea of their diets, the hours spent watching tv, time spent > > engaging in physical activities, and how many hours per day they > > played video games. Besides discovering how many kids put soda on > > their breakfast cereal, I was always amazed to discover, each and > > every year, that the top students in the class typically spent the > > most hours playing video games. > > > > Then, not so long ago I read an article that talked about surgeons > who > > play 3 hours per week of video games made a lot less mistakes in > > surgery. > > http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-04-07-surgeons-video- > games_x.ht > > m > > > > Kenny H. > > > > > > > > > tv watchin I -- 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. > > >> > > > > > > > > > Did he become obese during that time? I have noticed a massive > explosion in students involved in computer graphics of any kind, > becoming very fat in their first year of college. I think it is a > very real problem, and trying to convince graphic design students > and animation students that they should get exercise and live > healthy during their studies is very difficult. It is very real > problem among these students I feel , since they may not recover > from the obesity they gain in one to two years of stooped in front > of a computer. > > OffWorld > 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/
