Straits Times E-Forum Reflection
Secondary 3E / 3NA

Term 2 Week 5 (20th April)

Article: “I was an addict” – ‘Straits Times IN’ Section (In The Air Pg 2)

1a) What are some of the earliest signs mentioned in the article to indicate that a person is addicted to gaming?

When one is addicted to gaming, several early signs would be skipping meals, lose sleep just to play which will lead to sleeping in class. Eventually, he would be tempted to skip school too.

He would introduce himself using his avatar name in real life. He becomes obsessed with having to have the latest gadgets in games, and saving money to buy these gadgets.Besides that, an addict would also think about the game all the time. He would constantly make conversation about the game, and might even begin to imagine playing it when doing something else.

1b) State some of the methods listed by the author to overcome the addiction to gaming.

One of the method would be asking parents to lock the computer in order to prevent the people from playing. But the most important point is to avoid the game, which is control themselves from gaming.

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

I am not really surprised upon reading this article. As most of the student somehow is playing games such as maplestory, audition and many more. As i used to get addicted to some games such as maplestory.

I would advise he to quit it, frankly speaking it is very hard to quit. So it will be good to uninstall the game is they are under early stage of addicted to game. But if he is beyond the early stage i would advise him to lock the computer. Use the computer necessary and may ask him out to study instead of he studying alone in front of computer.