Video Games (was to Mary re her article)
TaxFreeTennessee
Recently I have been spending a lot of time with my daughter in
law. She was commenting (with some exasperation) on our son's
insistence on having the latest greatest gaming stuff - PS2,
computer etc....lots of "stuff" that has to be cleaned around,
runs up bills and so on. I explained it to her. When he was a
little kid, he was a boy. In school they would call that slow to
read and not terribly good at small motor tasks.
It didn't take me very long at all to notice that he could trade
games for the TRS-80 with his uncles - usually with accompanying
instructions about how to load the disc - and was learning all
kinds of long sequences of actions from the Atari. We kept it
up, making sure he could always buy any gaming stuff that crossed
his interest. When he got over being a boy and became a young
man, he was a confident, literate guy who can hold his own in any
field that interests him. I really do credit video games and
comic books for the bulk of his skill acquisition.
law. She was commenting (with some exasperation) on our son's
insistence on having the latest greatest gaming stuff - PS2,
computer etc....lots of "stuff" that has to be cleaned around,
runs up bills and so on. I explained it to her. When he was a
little kid, he was a boy. In school they would call that slow to
read and not terribly good at small motor tasks.
It didn't take me very long at all to notice that he could trade
games for the TRS-80 with his uncles - usually with accompanying
instructions about how to load the disc - and was learning all
kinds of long sequences of actions from the Atari. We kept it
up, making sure he could always buy any gaming stuff that crossed
his interest. When he got over being a boy and became a young
man, he was a confident, literate guy who can hold his own in any
field that interests him. I really do credit video games and
comic books for the bulk of his skill acquisition.
Nora or Devereaux Cannon
WHHHOOOPPPPSS! Guess that tips my political hand! Sorry, forgot
to switch out after posting the blog this a.m.
to switch out after posting the blog this a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "TaxFreeTennessee" <dcannon@...>
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Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 8:15 AM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Video Games (was to Mary re her
article)
| Recently I have been spending a lot of time with my daughter in
| law. She was commenting (with some exasperation) on our son's
| insistence on having the latest greatest gaming stuff - PS2,
| computer etc....lots of "stuff" that has to be cleaned around,
| runs up bills and so on.
zenmomma *
>>When he got over being a boy and became a young man, he was a confident,What a beautiful sentiment. I am witnessing my Conor becoming a young man
>>literate guy who can hold his own in any field that interests him. I
>>really do credit video games and comic books for the bulk of his skill
>>acquisition.>>
right now and it's a truly amazing transformation. And yes, he too has
learned so much from unfettered access to comics and video games. The
feedback I'm getting about his level of participation in the D&D games he's
doing with our friends shows me just how sharp his thinking skills really
are.
Life is good.
~Mary
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AH, mary, i am also watching this amazing transformation in my older son..
he sounds a lot like yours. into the d&d etc.. and a LONG history of video games.. mostly strategy ones..
L
(and yesterday i found something he apparently wrote for school -- or who knows.. he writes stuff a lot-- and AMAZING.. he is SO articulate.. i will say he got that from me instead of video games.. hahahahah.. )
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he sounds a lot like yours. into the d&d etc.. and a LONG history of video games.. mostly strategy ones..
L
(and yesterday i found something he apparently wrote for school -- or who knows.. he writes stuff a lot-- and AMAZING.. he is SO articulate.. i will say he got that from me instead of video games.. hahahahah.. )
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O*
Linda L Lindsey ~~( )~~
http://www.llindsey.com ( * )
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----- Original Message -----
From: zenmomma *
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Video Games (was to Mary re her article)
>>When he got over being a boy and became a young man, he was a confident,
>>literate guy who can hold his own in any field that interests him. I
>>really do credit video games and comic books for the bulk of his skill
>>acquisition.>>
What a beautiful sentiment. I am witnessing my Conor becoming a young man
right now and it's a truly amazing transformation. And yes, he too has
learned so much from unfettered access to comics and video games. The
feedback I'm getting about his level of participation in the D&D games he's
doing with our friends shows me just how sharp his thinking skills really
are.
Life is good.
~Mary
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