Comments on: Video games now seen as ruining English children’s literacy rates http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/11/29/video-games-now-seen-as-ruining-english-childrens-literacy-rates/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:08:17 -0500 hourly 1 By: greatslack http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/11/29/video-games-now-seen-as-ruining-english-childrens-literacy-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-531534 greatslack Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:31:54 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/11/29/video-games-now-seen-as-ruining-english-childrens-literacy-rates/#comment-531534 My cousin learned how to read by playing Pokemon with his mom. I was introduced to world mythologies by playing Final Fantasy games. The average RPG has more dialogue than any books at these kids' reading level. Give them a good RPG and you'll improve their literacy in no time, along with giving them an appreciation for complex plots and characters. My cousin learned how to read by playing Pokemon with his mom. I was introduced to world mythologies by playing Final Fantasy games. The average RPG has more dialogue than any books at these kids’ reading level. Give them a good RPG and you’ll improve their literacy in no time, along with giving them an appreciation for complex plots and characters.

]]> By: Skorch http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/11/29/video-games-now-seen-as-ruining-english-childrens-literacy-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-531484 Skorch Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:44:04 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/11/29/video-games-now-seen-as-ruining-english-childrens-literacy-rates/#comment-531484 Being literate isn't "cool" anymore (like it was back in the early 1900s). Where are the parents in all this? Who's letting their kid have a PS3 up in their bedroom next to all those dusty books? Being England, I'm sure the government will dole out some sort of programme to force children to read (school?), which would promptly have its funding cut due to a budget crisis, only to exist for several decades as a watered down public programme in which parents use as an excuse not to parent their children (well it's the government's job, isn't it?). Then, Jamie Oliver or J K Rowling or some other crappy celebrity will turn it into a reality show and make massive amounts of £££ by helping one child a week how to read. Being literate isn’t “cool” anymore (like it was back in the early 1900s).

Where are the parents in all this? Who’s letting their kid have a PS3 up in their bedroom next to all those dusty books?

Being England, I’m sure the government will dole out some sort of programme to force children to read (school?), which would promptly have its funding cut due to a budget crisis, only to exist for several decades as a watered down public programme in which parents use as an excuse not to parent their children (well it’s the government’s job, isn’t it?). Then, Jamie Oliver or J K Rowling or some other crappy celebrity will turn it into a reality show and make massive amounts of £££ by helping one child a week how to read.

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