Persuasive Essay Video Games

For decades we have looked upon video games as being a distraction, an interference and an excuse to avoid responsibilities. We constantly hear about the negative effects video games have on our physical and mental health, and the impact they can have on a child's cognitive development. All of this dispute has led parents and teachers to believe that video games should be under tight restrictions or even banned altogether from school, preventing children from accessing a fascinating world of interactive educational resources.

I believe that we should not only allow, but encourage the use of these powerful assets in school and at home for both educational and leisure purposes.

The results of recent studies claim to prove that video games are the cause of many psychological issues in young people such as …show more content…
While this may be a reality for some students it has been estimated that the top future industries will be based around video game development and computer science. Allowing students to access video games in school would not only allow them to learn the process of developing games, but also learn how computers work. This would inspire millions of students to create the future of technology, which is an industry that is currently growing significantly and guaranteed to grow tremendously over the course of the lives of the current generation.

In conclusion I believe that schools should take full advantage of their accessible technology to help improve the quality and productivity of students and their school work. Allowing students to use technology will most certainly improve their knowledge of computers whilst giving them a chance to improve their social skills. In the future I hope schools will improve and update their current technology and their methods of teaching to better suit the future