Exclusive: Academics Advocate Staying Indoors Playing WoW All Summer
by Mike D'Anna 
Apr 24th 2006 at 12:00PM
Aren't your teachers & authority figures supposed to encourage their wards to go out & live life; stop
& smell the roses? Well, this
article from the USC college paper, the
Gamecock (shut up, Beavis), takes a more refreshing approach, listing a whole slew of online summer activities
guaranteed to keep you indoors, pasty-white, and out of shape.Will high-schools & Universities offer extra-curricular gaming activities pretty soon? Will my kids be able to earn extra credit for playing MMO's? Man, I wish I wish school was like that in my day...
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Virtual selves, Odds and ends, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Michael Apr 24th 2006 4:42PM
He he. Funny post :). Intersting the reaction of the public
elerrawyn Apr 25th 2006 7:05AM
"from the USC college paper"
Lisa: No! I belong here! Please!
Homer: Don't worry, honey. We can't afford this now, but when it's time, I promise my darling daughter can go to the finest school there is ... in South Carolina.
Lisa: Oh! I will not be a Gamecock!
*ahem* sorry, please continue.
Johannes Apr 27th 2006 1:58AM
http://phoenix.wrc.rice.edu/news/viewAnnouncements.php?message=270
It was offered this semester and I already had a full courseload unfortunately.
Yes, it involved logging into WoW and finding out about statistics. The first assignment was to inspect a wide variety of levels to compare and contrast their armor relative to their level. I wasn't there for most of it.