Does violence on TV lead to kid violence?
The question is, does watching something violent cause aggression? It depends on what you think is aggressive behavior. For example, kids pretending to be power rangers and punching another kid during play is aggressive behavior, but it's not intentionally harmful, just accidental.
Ms.Urtaza the school counselor says “When kids watch too much violence they become used to seeing violence. So it becomes normal to behave aggressive and violent. She also said “That violence at home makes kids more violent than the violence on TV” because it teaches kids the wrong way of behaving. Ms.Urtaza’s solution to kid violence is for kids to learn when to walk away from a violent situation.
Studies have shown that kids watch at least 4 hours of TV a day, and Two of those hours are violence on TV. When kids watch violence on TV they idolize the violent behavior. The question is why does violence on TV lead to violence? Now the question is answered.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Why Can't We Play Twister
On Friday Febuary the 6th graders got in trouble when they were going to play twister during lunch. They set up the twister pad ,and got ready to play, but as soon as they were going to start Mrs. Vigil saw them and took the game away.
Why does the administration care if they play something during there own time at lunch? Mrs. Vigil states "It is to dangerous and someone can break a bone." All they were going to do was play a game of twister. Its not really a game that can cause anyone to brake a bone. They were going to play on the grass so it was going to be soft. Its not like anyone was going to have to call 911. Maybe the principal thought someone was going to get hurt or it was gang related.
Maybe the administration could let them play one game and see how it goes. If it goes well maybe they could play more often, and no one gets hurt. If it does not turn out well it would be the last time that they play. Twister is not one of those games that people don't know how to play. Only the people who have played should be the only people who should play, so that nothing goes wrong.
Why does the administration care if they play something during there own time at lunch? Mrs. Vigil states "It is to dangerous and someone can break a bone." All they were going to do was play a game of twister. Its not really a game that can cause anyone to brake a bone. They were going to play on the grass so it was going to be soft. Its not like anyone was going to have to call 911. Maybe the principal thought someone was going to get hurt or it was gang related.
Maybe the administration could let them play one game and see how it goes. If it goes well maybe they could play more often, and no one gets hurt. If it does not turn out well it would be the last time that they play. Twister is not one of those games that people don't know how to play. Only the people who have played should be the only people who should play, so that nothing goes wrong.
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