International I Hate Sports Club

I found this while searching for a news topic to review for science class:

http://www.livescience.com/common/media ... raft&mode=

I would like to see the look on my English teacher's face if she ever saw this video. Video games are usually associated with making school grades worse.

Despite the fact that I NEVER played the game I found it very interesting. I've always noticed the statistics/strategies talks in the forums I'm suprised that an educator finally took notice the depth these players go into. That's about the coolest teacher I've ever heard of, a teacher who embraces video games as a way to educate kids. Thanks alot for sharing this Blackdog.

Yea it was pretty interesting. Too bad I couldn't have done a news review on that article!

What a great idea! Writing would no longer be an uninspired chore -it would be for a purpose. A purpose the writer wants. And reading wouldn't be an aimless exercise, it would be to glean information, increase knowledge, and compete! This makes a lot of sense.

What got me was the fact that kids that didn't even want to write or couldn't write a couple sentences started posting daily on the forums. This'd be a beneficial thing for my less-than-retarded school, where the only thing they seem to get done is a good gab session or getting kicked out to the office.

Ray wrote:What a great idea! Writing would no longer be an uninspired chore -it would be for a purpose. A purpose the writer wants. And reading wouldn't be an aimless exercise, it would be to glean information, increase knowledge, and compete! This makes a lot of sense.

Well said Ray! I gotta do two essays one for two different classes and yes it feels more of a chore than anything else especially if you're given a small selection on what topics to write instead of any topic of your choice.
Thanks again blackdog, I vote this article, article of the year!

I am honored.
I have that same problem, Indurrago. My English teacher only usually has a few subjects for us to write about, and usually we can't chose our own. Of course, about 85% of the subjects she gives us to write about are - yes, you've guessed it- sports! I think she sees my look of disappointment and disdain everytime she mentions anything about sports. Thankfully I'm usually able to get away with writing about what I want since I do the best with that and not writing about Peewee Herman or whoever else is humiliating themselves by chasing balls around.

I have to say I prefer the old school RTS Warcraft games myself, but this sounds like a good idea.

I like the newer version due to the fact.. well.. it's the only version I played. I'm guessing they use the same version of the game as I do since schools are just like. Maybe the teacher prefered it over the previous version, I don't know, but as long as it works and the kids are having fun, I guess it's worth it!

ye nurds always chatting on aboot yer fuckin stupid video games, too scared to go out and get a life. u moan at sports cause u have nothin else to blame for not bein ableto get laid. screw u!

Just messing, people. Wondered what it would be like to be a sports bore just this once. I could already start to feel my brain cells wither and die! Bad spelling and grammar - one of the minor negative effects of sports.