Has Video Games Gone Too Far? I'm not talking about blood, gore or violence, not even lewd acts. I'm talking about the impact it has on society. In North Carolina a young 16 year old boy name Blake Peebles is dropping out of high school to become a "professional gamer." Blake has never really done well in school and wasn't liked to-boot. With his parents permission young Blake will not be returning to school for the upcoming semester. instead he will be practicing and training to play his favorite video game guitar hero. To ensure his success in his new career.
WHAT!? Come on what has come over the parents of this young man. Allowing there son to drop out of school to play video games. FIrst off this is an actual job. At the extreme high ends of the industry it pays off at 80,000 a year but thats only about 100 gamers in the WORLD! most professional gamers earn about 25,000 a year and that doesn't cover the cost of travel and expenses to make to the tournaments. There is no solidity in this job at all; video games are replaced once or even twice a year by there bigger, better, louder, sequels. Is the education system in North Carolina that bad where a young boy and his parents believe he's better off playing video games until his fingers bleed rather than read his books until his eyes hurt?
Where does it end, or should it? is this family ahead of the curve or falling way behind that they are beginning to retrograde
Are you or someone you know so devoted into video games that they've changed their lives completely if so what do they plan to do when they grow up and become adults who realize that video games alone isn't going to pay for itself?
What is coming over society to let this happen?
This is ridiculous! Or is it?
1 comment:
r u serious, this is insane. How can any parents even think about letting there child do something like this. That just goes to show u what this world is really coming to these days. And parents wonder why they still have their 40 yr old kid living with them, lol.
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