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How MMO's Actually Helped My Grades: A Comparison
Tuutob
Member Posts: 607
My Freshman Year:
Semester 1:
- Computer broke in first week, my Xbox 360 having problems.
- Playing Waterpolo for Bellarmine, morning and evening practices with 5 hour tournaments on weekends. This ends halfway through semester.
- 1 Honors class
- I get a computer for Christmas. So about 4 months without any MMORPG.
Final GPA: 3.2
Semester 2:
- Been playing World of Warcraft over break, having good fun.
- Swimming for Bellarmine, morning practice every other day, evening practice everyday, 5 hour swim meet every week. Still going on.
- Honors class picks up, along with science.
- I get bored of WoW and quit. Move to Ryzom, having a great time!
GPA so far: 3.6
I think the reason my grades have changed is because I have something to look forward to when I finish my schoolwork. During my first semester, my attitude when I finished homework was pretty much 'Cool, now what?'. I know if I keep my grades good, I can keep the computer and be rewarded with more playtime, and if my grades drop, no MMO's for me. The thought of this keeps me going.
Discuss, please!
Semester 1:
- Computer broke in first week, my Xbox 360 having problems.
- Playing Waterpolo for Bellarmine, morning and evening practices with 5 hour tournaments on weekends. This ends halfway through semester.
- 1 Honors class
- I get a computer for Christmas. So about 4 months without any MMORPG.
Final GPA: 3.2
Semester 2:
- Been playing World of Warcraft over break, having good fun.
- Swimming for Bellarmine, morning practice every other day, evening practice everyday, 5 hour swim meet every week. Still going on.
- Honors class picks up, along with science.
- I get bored of WoW and quit. Move to Ryzom, having a great time!
GPA so far: 3.6
I think the reason my grades have changed is because I have something to look forward to when I finish my schoolwork. During my first semester, my attitude when I finished homework was pretty much 'Cool, now what?'. I know if I keep my grades good, I can keep the computer and be rewarded with more playtime, and if my grades drop, no MMO's for me. The thought of this keeps me going.
Discuss, please!
Comments
My parents think im just lazy, but its not even on the same level as laziness. I think its the fact that the public education system feels like its all spoon fed bullshit. Even in college the GE classes are totally useless. Why the hell do I need to take an english class every damn year I am in school? If 50% of the public school kids can't pass a test, screw them. If they can't grasp the basic structure of an english sentence, why the hell am I punished for it by having to take english classes that teach the same damn thing year after year.
Why the hell was I required to take math up to calculus in high school? I hate the line teachers feed you, "You will eventually use this in everyday situations". Thats a load of BS. I have never used math from basic algebra on up in an everyday situation. As long as I know how to add, subtract, divide, and multiply, leave me the hell alone.
MMOs kill
Lol I thank Christ Almighty for getting me through College before MMOs came into existence. I would have never graduated lol
QFT
But hey, as long as I get to keep having fun for a good 4 hours a day, it's all good. Call me a tool, but I may be the one controlling whether you eat or not in ten years
In all seriousness, I agree that Algebra 1 and on is completely useless and anyone who thinks they're socially advanced compared to others because they're in Calculus AP Honors their freshman year should go fall off a cliff.
There is always stuff to do besides homework, even without an MMO.
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its not about mmos its just i dont wont to do some stupid timesink in rl couse its even more boring
if i want a better grade i just shidchat more during the lessons
that counts expecially for the shidchat subjects like languages and religion
Pi*1337/100 = 42
Like he said he'd rather stare at a rock, it's almost a 'can't as opposed to a 'not want to'. My brain will be pluggin' along on whateve it is I have no interest in and than BOOM! WHAT ABOUT THE DRAGONS?!
They came from the sea and they came from the sky, Captain America is going to die!
As for the point of this Forum I have to agree with Thaak....Currently no MMO, no console game, nothing. And so instead of doing more work, I move to the message boards lmao.
{IT'S HERE}Tank and Spank: Two Gamers' Quest for a Good MMO{IT'S HERE}
I'm with ya guys.
Let's face it guys...we are just a bunch of losers without girlfriends. If we do have girlfriends, they are ugly.
(I'm just kidding. I'm being serious when I say my girlfriend is the most beautiful girl in the world.)
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