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Strait Times E Forum Reflection 8 & 9

Article: "I was an addict" - 'IN' section

Question 1
=>(a) What are some of the earlier signs mention in the article to indicated that a person is addicted to gaming?

Answer:
There are many signs mention in the article like, skipping meal, not sleeping, even want to skip schools so that they can spend those precious time for gaming. There is more sign such as saving money to buy items in the games and keep talking about game wherever they goes and started to imagine it when they were doing something else.

=>(b) State some of the methods listed by the author to overcome the addiction to gaming.

Answer:
The author suggested that game addicted should go out and get some exercise. This game addicted also must learn to socialise more by talking to their friends about other things besides gaming. Get someone to lock up th computer if there is a need to. Game addicted need to persevere, the cannot give up easily so as to break the habits.

Question 2
=> What are some of your reaction after reading this article? If a close friend of yours confesses to you that he/she is addicted to online games, what would you advice to him/her be?

Answer:
I find that it is a little ridiculous to addict to gaming especially spending money on stuffs in the game. i feel that addiction is very scary. It may bring about alot of harmful effects.

If i have a friend who is an addict, i will try to advise him/her to pay more attention in studies. I will try to prevent her from touching computer by asking him/ her out. I will talk to her more about what will happens if she continues to be like this. How will she be affected in future and ways to solve this problems.

Article:"Mum's catching up with me... Facebook" - 'Home' section

Question 1
=> What were the reasons given by facebook parent, Rashida Husia, when she requests access to the networking sites and also to what her student had put online?

Answer:
She want to know about what kind of friends her children had made friend with. And using that to in a form of encouraging and cheer them up when she find there is a need to.

Question 2
=> Do you think it is a good idea to accept requests by parent to add them readily to your friends' list on the facebook? Why?

Answer:
I find that it was not a bad idea for children to accept parent request, this will not only let your parent know more about you and it will also let us feel that there is someone who cares for us.