Curtains are closed, doors are shut. Not a single light is shining but the screen, flashing with blood marks all over the place. You aren’t aware of the time but you know that your drowsiness is kicking in. You’ve got to finish the last wave of zombies before your mom comes breaking open your locked door and maniacally screaming in your ears. The sweat from your palms that drip down the controller. Your brain is dominated by the tension and stress of this game. Forget all the homework your teacher assigned. Your brain rotting every second you play that game. It’s already 1 a.m. and you’ve gone miles off your bed time limits. Let me ask you, are you facing those times when you just can’t turn off your gaming device? Is your mind full of the disturbing thoughts from your violent game? Well unfortunately, those thoughts will slowly start to sneakily crawl up your brain without you even realizing what they are capable of doing. Addiction to violent video games are able to lead you to many harmful consequences either it’s physical or mental.
Furthermore, violent simulation video games have also been dominating many children’s lives. It is able to make many young kids be more aggressive physically and change the behaviours of them. Most parents agree that violent games can reveal the more aggressive side of their children which leads them to disallow their kids to play violent video games. According to the The Guardian (Peter Etchell and Chris Chambers), through research between many different groups (parents, media psychologists, communication scientists, paediatricians) they have realized that many agree that violent games help the kid’s aggression to kick in more often than usual. “Averaging across all four groups of people, 66% agree with the statement whereas 19% don’t and 15% are on the fence…” Personally, I’m not a fan of many shooter games and my parents aren’t as well. They believe that shooter games are able to make kids think very dark and also very violent. This clearly portrays that many people, especially parents think that violent games are possibly the reason behind the production of aggression in many kids.
Relating to what was stated before, a game called “Killer” has become very popular around the New York High schools as stated in the New Yorker article, “High-Jinks: Shoot-Out” by Guy Martin. The game “Killer” is an annual event that happens every end of the year. Students are made to assassinate specific targets to conquer for victory. This game has a lot of potential of exerting influence of violence. “I’m looking for some good massacres early,”.... Just imagine how violent and gory this sounds. People, especially kids, shouldn’t be looking forward to massacres. There were many people who lost their loved ones as one decided that spraying bullets at innocent people was a good idea. This also illustrates that the kids are very amused by the killing part of the game and not really the teamwork, communication, etc… This could possibly influence kids to become murderers and criminals due to poor decision making, later on in the future. Although, others might believe that most students that are able to play video games like this would be educated as they would assume that they are able to go to school. In my opinion, even though kids are educated about these things, their brains are still in the state of developing, which means that their decision makings aren’t the best currently. Not only have I read many articles online about the violence of video games; as a gamer myself, I’ve also realized how violent some of the games might be. For example, I was playing Call of Duty: Ghosts about an year ago and the story mode was incredibly disturbing and to aid the prevention of addiction and influence of violence, I’ve stopped playing those kinds of games and moved on to other games which are more, I guess, “safer” to play.
Adding on to what was said before, these kinds of violent games are able to promote the use of dangerous weaponry such as guns and knives. This is a possible segway to murdering and many other sinful crimes. Violent video games will be nothing without the use of malignant weapons. The main reason behind the violence in the game is always weapons such as guns, swords, bows, etc… It has been revealed that one of the leading game making company have had a promotional deal with a gun selling company, McMillan Group and Magpul, to promote the sales of their guns in a game called Medal of Honor. Around thousands of people are currently playing this game. Although it might not sound as logical for videogames to make people buy guns but, it is still a chance that many younger fans of the game who still have a blurry vision of where the line between real life and virtual life is at can be very fascinated about the topic of guns and weapons. Not only has Medal of Honor promote the use of guns, other FPS games such as Call of Duty has also boosted the use of weaponry. In 2010, a Norwegian person, Anders Breivik has gone on a rampage after he claimed to have “trained” himself by playing Call of Duty. This
Many ponder on the idea of how violent games can impact the behaviours and thoughts of many teens and kids. As we get more fixated onto the fantasies of many violent games, we are able to grow on the fact that violence is amusing which will later on lead to many detrimental punishments. People who favour violent games over many other hobbies should learn to balance out their lives and also control the amount of time they spend on sheer entertainment. As others might not be affected as much by playing violent games, it’s still a possibility for many others and should keep in mind that violent games can actually affect your behaviours and thoughts.
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October 30, 2014
The Builders of Singapore
Living each day risking their lives, with a small budget that we can’t even imagine. Living like ghosts, not getting recognized for how much they give. Their inner rage they can’t express because of how “worthless” they are. These “worthless” people are the builders of singapore, these are the people who work to give Singapore a “good name”. These people are Singapore’s migrant workers.
“People here are nice, but sometimes they would try to intimidate me for no reason…” Anthony Sega a migrant worker from India. Over social media, insults of migrant workers flood throughout the web. Messages such as, “Those Banglas on the street smell so bad…” were found throughout Facebook all over the place. Through these messages, it reveals that we’ve completely lost respect for our migrant workers who builds Singapore for us.
The total amount of migrant workers currently in Singapore is around a million people people. All these people help build our shops, homes, schools, etc… Earning about 450-650 SGD monthly. Most migrant workers send their salary back to their families, which leaves a small amount for themselves to fulfill their needs. “It would be enough for their families to live, but since Singapore isn’t such a cheap place to live in, it would be hard for themselves to get what they need...” Dylan Tsao, UWCSEA G8 student.
Do migrant workers harm us? Do they do something to annoy us? The answer to that is no. They basically work to build our homes, the malls we go to shop and the school we learn at. Let’s try putting ourselves in the place of being a migrant worker for a day. ‘Clink, clank!’ is all we would hear, metal’s colliding, workers shouting and screaming here and there, if we look down its a stairway to hell, and looking at the bright sun that tells us there’s still hours left of work. It’s finally over, it’s time for dinner. We look at our wallet and all we see is a ragged little coin and a 2 dollar note. Enough for a luxurious buffet dinner? Perhaps just a few hundred short.
Try to imagine this. If migrant workers were dressed properly, were clean and were “white” would we respect them? If yes, why? It’s probably because they wouldn’t smell bad, they won’t look bad and they just look like a “normal” person. That means we’re judging them by how they look. Just because of how they look doesn’t make them a alien. They are still human.
It’s a good thing to have migrant workers come over to Singapore to help build the community. Both parties can benefit from each other, just that some aren’t treated the way they should be with the things they are doing. It’s true that they look different from most of us, different skin tone, their way of living, their culture, etc. People in public are disgusted by them because of how they smell and look. It seems that just because they’re different from us, we’re forgetting about how we should be thankful for them. We have to start respecting them for what they do and not hate because of how they look. Just like the saying, “Never judge a book by its cover…”
Written by Youngchan
“People here are nice, but sometimes they would try to intimidate me for no reason…” Anthony Sega a migrant worker from India. Over social media, insults of migrant workers flood throughout the web. Messages such as, “Those Banglas on the street smell so bad…” were found throughout Facebook all over the place. Through these messages, it reveals that we’ve completely lost respect for our migrant workers who builds Singapore for us.
The total amount of migrant workers currently in Singapore is around a million people people. All these people help build our shops, homes, schools, etc… Earning about 450-650 SGD monthly. Most migrant workers send their salary back to their families, which leaves a small amount for themselves to fulfill their needs. “It would be enough for their families to live, but since Singapore isn’t such a cheap place to live in, it would be hard for themselves to get what they need...” Dylan Tsao, UWCSEA G8 student.
Do migrant workers harm us? Do they do something to annoy us? The answer to that is no. They basically work to build our homes, the malls we go to shop and the school we learn at. Let’s try putting ourselves in the place of being a migrant worker for a day. ‘Clink, clank!’ is all we would hear, metal’s colliding, workers shouting and screaming here and there, if we look down its a stairway to hell, and looking at the bright sun that tells us there’s still hours left of work. It’s finally over, it’s time for dinner. We look at our wallet and all we see is a ragged little coin and a 2 dollar note. Enough for a luxurious buffet dinner? Perhaps just a few hundred short.
Try to imagine this. If migrant workers were dressed properly, were clean and were “white” would we respect them? If yes, why? It’s probably because they wouldn’t smell bad, they won’t look bad and they just look like a “normal” person. That means we’re judging them by how they look. Just because of how they look doesn’t make them a alien. They are still human.
It’s a good thing to have migrant workers come over to Singapore to help build the community. Both parties can benefit from each other, just that some aren’t treated the way they should be with the things they are doing. It’s true that they look different from most of us, different skin tone, their way of living, their culture, etc. People in public are disgusted by them because of how they smell and look. It seems that just because they’re different from us, we’re forgetting about how we should be thankful for them. We have to start respecting them for what they do and not hate because of how they look. Just like the saying, “Never judge a book by its cover…”
Written by Youngchan
October 8, 2014
Are Tech Devices Taking Over Our World?
After school in the library of UWCSEA East, the vault of silence gets
dramatically cursed by the witches of middle schoolers. Computers,
phones, gaming devices all summoned, geared with all gaming armory.
“Everyone ready?!” someone screams. Sooner or later students are gaming
all around the library. Some together, some alone, all get sucked into
the void of games. Turning them to more than witches, even into a big
fierce monster acting violent to their friends by swearing and
insulting. Words of inevitable failure floods throughout the library,
but others filled with triumphant laughter. Out of the mist comes a
sound of a bell, ringing through the void. Magically transforming the
ferocious beasts into a busy high schooler. All gaming gear back into
their school bags and flashes down the stairs in a blink of an eye, into
their buses. Of course it hasn’t stopped yet. The void isn’t too hard
to escape from.
At school, at home, in buses, taxis... Everyone has their phones or their computers out. A lot of tech devices are bought every day all around the world. Phones computers are now starting to become a need to human beings. An average person usually spends about 7 hours on their tech devices, which is about ⅓ of our day. Could tech devices ruin our lives? Are there any ways to solve this?
People all over the world go through a big and crucial problem with their tech devices. All around the world billions and billions of money are getting used on tech devices. Almost everywhere you go, a tech device always comes in handy. Sometimes it can be a really big distraction at school, work, etc… Many murdering cases have occurred due to people (mainly young kids or teens) that get mixed up with their online life and offline life. “Too much inappropriate gaming can make you be influenced by the game…” Dylan Tsao Grade 8 student of UWCSEA East. Not only were gaming addiction causing murder cases, a case in South Korea, where a student has been an outcast online in a chatting application. Not only was he abandoned by his friends, he was also insulted and basically cyber-bullied. This made him a very suicidal person, and sadly killed himself because he decide he couldn’t take it anymore. Therefore, it is important for us to use technology properly, since it could affect us and other people around us.
We have to learn to manage a consistent balance between our online and offline life. This way we can enjoy our time online and also maintain a healthy lifestyle. We have to retain technology from taking over our lives, sooner or later even babies will know how to work a tech device. As Orison Swett Marden quoted “Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man’s being.
Written By Youngchan
At school, at home, in buses, taxis... Everyone has their phones or their computers out. A lot of tech devices are bought every day all around the world. Phones computers are now starting to become a need to human beings. An average person usually spends about 7 hours on their tech devices, which is about ⅓ of our day. Could tech devices ruin our lives? Are there any ways to solve this?
People all over the world go through a big and crucial problem with their tech devices. All around the world billions and billions of money are getting used on tech devices. Almost everywhere you go, a tech device always comes in handy. Sometimes it can be a really big distraction at school, work, etc… Many murdering cases have occurred due to people (mainly young kids or teens) that get mixed up with their online life and offline life. “Too much inappropriate gaming can make you be influenced by the game…” Dylan Tsao Grade 8 student of UWCSEA East. Not only were gaming addiction causing murder cases, a case in South Korea, where a student has been an outcast online in a chatting application. Not only was he abandoned by his friends, he was also insulted and basically cyber-bullied. This made him a very suicidal person, and sadly killed himself because he decide he couldn’t take it anymore. Therefore, it is important for us to use technology properly, since it could affect us and other people around us.
We have to learn to manage a consistent balance between our online and offline life. This way we can enjoy our time online and also maintain a healthy lifestyle. We have to retain technology from taking over our lives, sooner or later even babies will know how to work a tech device. As Orison Swett Marden quoted “Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man’s being.
Written By Youngchan
October 5, 2014
Middle School G8 Social Hopefully Improved
Middle school socials were always a fun place to go for some people but for some it was like hell and you couldn’t get out of it until the end. Last year in the grade 7 social, there were people trying to escape the social because of how boring it was. Not only did people try to escape there were people (mostly girls) crying over relationships or their friends turning their backs to them. According to the G8 Student Council, it won’t be tragic like last year’s.
The G8 Stu Co. has announced that socials will be coming soon. According to one of the Stu Co. member, he has stated that “Socials won’t be as chaotic as last years…” We still are uncertain whether this is true since the social is still unconfirmed. Many people really want a social that they find interesting or worth taking time to go. For instance, David Chabio (8ANc) has quoted that, “I think that if socials have something actually fun, I would go to it but Grade 7’s was just a complete waste of time.” This isn’t only applicable for David but for others that have been asked, about 90% of the the interviewed people had the same answer.
Many people that have been interviewed has recommended that the Stu Co. could input some activities that groups of people could do together such as dodgeball, capture the flag, etc… Stu Co. should ask the grade 8 community to give them recommendation on how they should improve it since there could be people that have really good ideas but have no way to share it.
Now, it all depends on the Student Council of grade 8 to make an amazing social. Maybe we should just try to enjoy the socials and be grateful that our school are capable of hosting a social. If Stu Co. can’t make a good social, I think it’s up to us to just deal with it.
Written by Youngchan
The G8 Stu Co. has announced that socials will be coming soon. According to one of the Stu Co. member, he has stated that “Socials won’t be as chaotic as last years…” We still are uncertain whether this is true since the social is still unconfirmed. Many people really want a social that they find interesting or worth taking time to go. For instance, David Chabio (8ANc) has quoted that, “I think that if socials have something actually fun, I would go to it but Grade 7’s was just a complete waste of time.” This isn’t only applicable for David but for others that have been asked, about 90% of the the interviewed people had the same answer.
Many people that have been interviewed has recommended that the Stu Co. could input some activities that groups of people could do together such as dodgeball, capture the flag, etc… Stu Co. should ask the grade 8 community to give them recommendation on how they should improve it since there could be people that have really good ideas but have no way to share it.
Now, it all depends on the Student Council of grade 8 to make an amazing social. Maybe we should just try to enjoy the socials and be grateful that our school are capable of hosting a social. If Stu Co. can’t make a good social, I think it’s up to us to just deal with it.
Written by Youngchan
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