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JalynHopkins
Ms.Robillard
LA8Hour7
12February2015

VideoGames,Bad?orGood?forTeens
Roleplayingvideogamesaredivertingforteens,playingvideogamescanhavea
positiveimpactonteens,includingraisingmoneyforyourschoolorjustagoodcause,somesay
thatvideogameshaveabadinfluenceinteens.
InNewYork,manyhighschoolstudentshavemadethegamelastmanstandingakey
endoftheyearritual.Ifyouwouldliketoparticipateinthisgamethenyouwouldhavetopaya
twentydollarfeewhichgoesintothewinnerspot(shootoutarticle).Beforeyoucanevenplay
inthegamethemoneythatyoupaygoestoschoolpayments.
St.AnnsprivateschoolinBrooklynHeightsraisedthreehundredandsixty
dollars.Peoplesayyoucan'tpossiblymakethatmuchmoneyoffofalittlegamelikethis.
Schoolsinnewyorkhaveraisedalotofmoneywithplayingthiseven.
Eventhoughplayingthisannualeventinnewyorkschools,teenshavealotoffunbut,
theyknowthattherealworlddoesnotconsistofplayingvideogames.Andaskeenasthe
graduatingsenorsmaybetoleavethegametellsthemthattheworldoutsideisnot(shootout
article).
Socialscientiststooktestongroupsofboysafterplayingvideogames.
None of these
extreme acts, like a school shooting, occurs because of only one risk factor; there are many
factors, including feeling socially isolated, being bullied, and so on, ( Craig A. Anderson, a

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psychologist at Iowa State University).Video games can not be the cause of robbery,gun
violence or other crimes associated with those.There has to be other factors for someone to
commit a crime like robbery.

For all their virtual accomplishments, gamers aren't feted for their real-world
usefulness. But that perception might be about to change, thanks to a new wave of
games that let players with little or no scientific knowledge tackle some of science's
biggest problems. And gamers are already proving their worth
.
(Howonlinegamersare
solvingscience'sbiggestproblem).Mostpeoplemightsaythatvideogamesdonthelpwith
learning.Inrealityvideogameshavehelpedscientistwithdifferentgamesthatcanhelppeople
withmentalconditions.ItcanalsohelpwithunderstandingDNAandothergenes.
Video games are diverting for teens.Video games can cause some negative concerns
and maybe even problems,but video games have had a possitive effect on children,and can
help with understanding science better.Video games arent the number one cause for all of the
teen violence that happens.Hopefully people will be able to see that in the future video games
can make a possitive impact on students and maybe even other problems around the world.

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WorksCited
Carey,Benedict."ShootingintheDark."
TheNewYorkTimes
.TheNewYorkTimes,11Feb.
2013.Web.11Feb.2015.
Mohammadi,Dara."HowOnlineGamersAreSolvingScience'sBiggestProblems."
The
Guardian
.GuardianNewsandMediaLimited,25Jan.2014.Web.3Feb.2015.