<p>Do boarding schools allowed kids to bring video game consoles? What about having video games on their computers?
thnx in advance</p>
<p>I quote this from another thread I found when a guy asked the same question:</p>
<p>"If you really intend on making it through boarding school and getting all your work done, you probably shouldn’t be worrying about video games…maybe calculus games instead.</p>
<p>Yeah, totally. You probably can’t fit it in your room (hello no tv) but you could get a tv and use it as a computer monitor and then hook it up to your game consule when you need it. Most people just take it to the common room though. My dorm doesn’t really play computer games (girls dorm) but I know the guy dorms definitely have it. You probably don’t even need to bring one because there probably will be older students that have an impressive collection of games. 
Also, boarding school isn’t a prison cell, there’s definitely time to have fun. It’s attitudes like “If you really intend on making it through boarding school and getting all your work done, you probably shouldn’t be worrying about video games…maybe calculus games instead.” that will make you crash and burn eventually. You have to manage your time well and do a bit of everything. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy ;).</p>
<p>All play and no work makes anonymomzah (I mean Jack) a lazy/failing out of BS boy.</p>
<p>Do you take your gaming equipment on vacation? Probably not, because usually the places you go on vacation have much more interesting things to do that you cannot do at home. </p>
<p>The same should be your experience at BS. Yes there is homework to get done, but the rest of your time should be spent doing things you don’t get to do at home - sports, ECs, hanging with your friends. Being holed up with a game controller in your hand and a screen in front of you (even if it is playing against a roommate) is something that can be left for breaks and the occasional rainy Sunday if you must.</p>
<p>You pay good money for a good vacation. You pay good money for BS. Take advantage of both. The games will be waiting for you when you get home.</p>
<p>no, not really. B/c if all you did was studstudystudy and made no time to have fun you’d be miserable and regret it later on. That’s how stress gets to kids. Video Games=Release.
Jack would probably fail out if all he did was study with no fun(ie get all stressed out and have a breakdown). plus nobody would want to talk to him and he’d post a review on BSR that said he’d wished he made time for fun.</p>
<p>However if Jack just sat there and played Modern Warfare2 on xbox live then he would probably not do any homework. He would then begin to fail his classes and life. His teachers and parents would ask whats wrong and schedule an off-campus intervention. This would lead to him missing school to go to “Institute of Interventions of Idaho” and falling behind. When Jack came back, they would tell him to pack his stuff and all of his friends and dorm would shake their heads or point and laugh mockingly at him. Thus Jack should be not just play or just work but should find time to balance both and this would lead to his success at BS… Just as long as he’s not meeting Jill somewhere secret every night.</p>
<p>So urbanflop what your saying is that if Jack plays Modern Warfare2, this will lead him to failing his classes?
What makes you think Jack will spend all his time on the his xbox. I think he would know better than to do that.</p>
<p>My son’s roommate has a huge monitor (?24 inches) and is addicted to World of Warcraft. Drives my son crazy.</p>
<p>World of Warcrack?</p>
<p>Haha…I guess.</p>
<p>Our tour guide at Taft told us about a kid who just stayed in his room all the time playing some video game…didn’t eat, didn’t talk to anyone, was failing and would soon be sent home. My son thought it was so sad that no one intervened, especially since the boy was so far from home (Hong Kong).</p>
<p>Video game addiction is REAL. Some kids can take it or leave it, some kids can’t. It’s kind of like alcohol in that respect. Parents have to know their kids and recognize those who are inexplicably drawn to them. If you find your child playing in the middle of the night when no one is around, there might be a problem. If you say “Exit out” and two minutes later they’re having a conversation with you, you’re fine. Some kids can use it as an escape and stress relief and some kids get consumed by it.</p>
<p>There is no one-size-fits-all rule for this. I would be pretty upset if I was no longer able to have my occasional glass of wine just because there are some people who can’t stop at one glass. Know thyself. (and thy kids)</p>
<p>Confession: I’m somewhat addicted to Scrabble Blast If anyone knows if there is a level after “God”, let me know. :)</p>
<p>Video games are great fun. In my dorm, we bring Lord of the Rings and HSM sing along to the common room after study hours (not joking). Some of my friends have games in their room that they play. Amazingly enough, I’m not failing all my classes and neither are any of my friends that play video games.</p>
<p>Do some people play too much? Yep. Doesn’t mean you should never play them.</p>
<p>At SPS you absolutely can. I had six xbox’s in my dorm a few years ago.</p>