The Importance Of Video Games In High School

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It was my junior year or high school, the birds were chirping and the sun was shining. It was a Friday and everyone was excited for the weekend. My friend Greg and I were in history with Mrs. Peterson and the bell was about to ring.
“Can’t wait to game it up” Greg said as he waited anxiously for the bell to ring.
“Me too were going to play all night” I said as I reply to Greg.
While we wait for the bell to ring Mrs. Peterson had some announcements before we left.
“Okay class” she said, “we have a class project” Mrs. Peterson continued, “This project will be on a book report you will have to write an essay and make a video trailer about the book.”
As Mrs. Peterson continued to explain the project, Greg and I were too busy think and talking about the video games.
“Beep” the bell went as it rang continuously.
“Time to get out of here” Greg and I said happy and excited to go home.
As we walked home from school Greg mentioned.
“Did you pay attention to what Mrs. Peterson said”
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I know make sure I do my work before playing any type of video game. Video games take up a lot of time and it really affects students from learning in the classroom. According the article, “Videos games” by Sarah Glazer, the author states, “Nevertheless the persistent anecdotes about teens and adults who skip meals, class, and even work to indulge in hours of video gaming”. This shows that people would do anything to keep playing, maybe even push an assignment back as I did in my story. Videos game are not evil that just need to be control as to putting priorities first be for playing anything. “Heavy gamers spend more than an hour a day” the author continues to state, with that amount of time the student could be able to finish half an assignment or maybe even a full assignment. The amount of time a student or person plays a game can also affect the person addiction to the game. Which then brings me to my next

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