Videogames and Books Don't Mix
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"Log off and please leave the library.” To many students these words are all too uncomfortably familiar.
“Games have been blocked ever since computers have been put in the library.” Library Coordinator Mrs. Jackie Bennett explained. “Computer time should be used for school work,” she added.
This information will dash the hopes of many students who still harbor futile hope they may one day be allowed to play computer games in the library.
Sophomore Taiki Miki remains defiant. “We should be able to play games during our free periods because it is our time; we have no other chance to unwind during the day,” Miki said.
Understandably, games are blocked in order for students to focus on their schoolwork. “When you are in school; you are in school,” Mrs. Bennett said.
Unfortunately for hardcore gamers, teachers also have the ability to monitor all students computer screens while they are logged on in one of the schools many computer labs with a program called "synchronize eyes."
However, some counter that games might help kids organize their assignments because it would teach teenagers time management. They would have to budget when it is suitable to play games and when it is time to bear down and get to work. “It is our only time to chill out during the day where we can just be kids,” sophomore Leslie Gill said.
Art teacher Mrs. Dorine Bosler formerly allowed her students to play games for the last five minutes of class as a “break” or “stretch” period. But since it is against school policy, it is no longer allowed.
So for now, students are just going to have to settle with games like multiEight or Text Twist, which are actually allowed. Or until they are kicked out of the library.
