Schools Using Grand Theft Auto to Teach Kids

[Confused NPC]

You mean the Xbox isn't just a simulator to teach children how to be aggressive and murderous?
STOP THE PRESSES!

As many people have said before me, if this is done properly it could actually teach kids that attacking people aimlessly might actually be a bad thing.

Unless of course their plan is just to give kids a controller for 30 minutes and say, "learn something."

 

[Cobaltmotari]

I can see the logic, but I'm not so sure about how well it will work in the long run, to be honest. But then again, there could be hope...

 

[WestMountain]

lol Reminds me of this

 

[JopperJopJop]

Seems like killing the hooker is better than having sex with her, or at least for your penis.

Anyway this is a bad idea.

 

[Eggsnham]

It's a good concept, but I wouldn't be surprised if it failed miserably.

 

[mrpenguinismyhomeboy]

That is actually a pretty good plan. Hopefully it works.

Although, I can tell the difference between real life and video games quite well. The basic idea: no respawns.

It is sad that we must teach children what is real and what isn't.

Were we all that stupid back then?

To be fair, they're 10 years old, we were all stupid bastards back then.

But we couldn't tell reality from fantasy?

Shit...
Wish I could remember if I could or couldn't.

The line between the two was definitely more blurred.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

I do remember that this was the one problem that my parents had with my gaming back in the day. They wanted to be sure I knew what the difference between reality and gaming was. Thankfully, they had already pretty much taught me this via the medium of a lot of book learning (I liked to read), and movie watching, so they had nothing to fear.

But I suppose if the parents are letting 10 year old kids play GTA anyway, then we might have a little bit more to worry about them not knowing the difference between delusional fantasy and life.

 

[Dogstile]

I like how they're just taking the "THE CHILDRENS, THEY ARE INNOCENT, YOU CAN'T DO THAATT" and skull-fucking it.

I wholeheartedly agree. Children are far from innocent anyway. I have 7 year olds telling me that they're gonna screw my girlfriend and shank me.

 

[WhiteTiger225]

-snip-

Whoa whoa whoa whoa.... whoa... WHOA...
Lois this is NOT my batman glass D:

Well actually.. I am more in shock that.. the government for once.. instead of scapegoating the games... is actually doing what the parents SHOULD HAVE DONE long ago, and teaching the kids the difference between reality and fiction?

Also.. why is it we need this now... yet there were no Three Stooges flashcards in the 40's-50's?

 

[WhiteTiger225]

You mean the Xbox isn't just a simulator to teach children how to be aggressive and murderous?
STOP THE PRESSES!

As many people have said before me, if this is done properly it could actually teach kids that attacking people aimlessly might actually be a bad thing.

Unless of course their plan is just to give kids a controller for 30 minutes and say, "learn something."

Like most parents?

 

[Rainboq]

"The whole point is to get children to realize what's real and what's not"

Sounds patronising as hell to me.

It is sad that we must teach children what is real and what isn't.

Were we all that stupid back then?

actually, I'm pretty sure we all were, remember the 1940s era propaganda? People actually BELIEVED that

Which propaganda?

"Better Dead Than Red" was a choice line I believe

 

[WhiteTiger225]

"The whole point is to get children to realize what's real and what's not"

Sounds patronising as hell to me.

It is sad that we must teach children what is real and what isn't.

Were we all that stupid back then?

actually, I'm pretty sure we all were, remember the 1940s era propaganda? People actually BELIEVED that

Which propaganda?

"Better Dead Than Red" was a choice line I believe

Reefer Madness.
Fuck.. just go to a public domain library, msot of the shit shown on TV, or before movies played in theaters was US propoganda.

 

[Tom Goldman]

-snip-

Whoa whoa whoa whoa.... whoa... WHOA...


Also.. why is it we need this now... yet there were no Three Stooges flashcards in the 40's-50's?

Because hitting somebody with a pie, and pulling their nose until it snaps back and the resulting force whips them into a wall, are both as funny in real life as they are on TV.

 

[Ayoxin]

Oh wow... Very unorthodox gotta give them that The day you realize something is wrong with kid gamers is when 10 year old kids start walking the streets with fake AK-47's and start imitating Counter-Strike. Scary.

That was years back of course, now kids are never seen on the streets back home because they stay at home and play video games like any good gamer should

 

[Woodsey]

"The whole point is to get children to realize what's real and what's not"

Sounds patronising as hell to me.

It is sad that we must teach children what is real and what isn't.

Were we all that stupid back then?

actually, I'm pretty sure we all were, remember the 1940s era propaganda? People actually BELIEVED that

Which propaganda?

"Better Dead Than Red" was a choice line I believe

Ah, OK. Just wondering - there was a lot of it after all.

 

[WhiteTiger225]

-snip-

Whoa whoa whoa whoa.... whoa... WHOA...


Also.. why is it we need this now... yet there were no Three Stooges flashcards in the 40's-50's?

Because hitting somebody with a pie, and pulling their nose until it snaps back and the resulting force whips them into a wall, are both as funny in real life as they are on TV.

Touche my good man. Touche...

 

[MGlBlaze]

That is actually a pretty good plan. Hopefully it works.

Although, I can tell the difference between real life and video games quite well. The basic idea: no respawns.

That and a number of other things, but yeah. I think this is a fairly reasonable idea. What is sad, though, is that schools here feel the need to teach kids the difference between right and wrong. Shouldn't that really be the parent's job? Then again, everyone's different and it is indeed easier for some children to mix up fantasy and reality to an extent, but I'd like to think people grow out of it at some point. I'd say parenting has really gone downhill, but that would probably evoke a 'no shit' reaction of monolithic proportions.

Still though, I have to give them props for thinking outside the box and not jumping on the same old Jack Thompson bandwagon.

 

[[Gavo]]

"Remember, kids, if you kill the hooker, you get your money back!"