Are computer games a boon in termes of helping students relax after a long day's work at school?Or
are they detrimental to pupils' future development since students can become easily addicted to the
virtual world?Personally,I am in sympathy with the latter.Admittedly,computer games furnish
entertainment when students only spend a moderate amount of time on them.It might even be beneficial
since pupils can combine study with pleasure and therefore achieve high effciency.However,the hard
truth is that droves of students end up being obsessed with computer games and view them as a way to
escape from reality.As a result,academic study is inevitably neglected.And the vicious circle is
created the more frustrated students are about study,the more addicted they become to the virtual
world.Furthermore,not only pupils' academic performance may suffer from playing computer games,the
violence featured in such games may also exert an impact on impressiionable teenagers.When the
dividing line between the virtual and the real world is blurred,students may resort to violence in
order to solve issues as they do in games.Authoritative reports have confirmed that the increasing
rate of violent incidents is ascribable toll the prevalent trend of playing computer games.In sum,
the demerits of computer games far outweigh their few merits because of the tendency for students to
neglect academic study and because some students may become more violent.