Is there a relationship between video games and bad grades?

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I am doing a research paper, and the topic I chose is the relationship between grades and video games. Do you believe that there is a relationship between the two?

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I wouldn't blame it on the video games as much as I would the parenting of the children who excessively play them.
Personally, I have found that certain games actually improve grades with my children.
They are allowed only specific amounts of time to play with rules surrounding those times.
#1 90% of the games my children play are educational
#2 All homework must be completed before games can be played

We use the video game as a reward in our house, the kids need to earn video game time. It is also limited to no more than an hour per week.

The educational games are fun for the kids, plus they are learning while having fun.

If you are focusing your study for an older audience, like high school kids who play "shoot 'um up" games, sports, car theft, car racing, or other such games with no time limits or expectations, then the grades of these people most likely do suffer from it. Again, I would stand by the belief that it isn't the games fault as much as it is the parents for allowing the endless game play to happen.

Help with telling the difference between street bikes?

ccollin13

I'm looking to purchase a street bike soon. Probably a cbr 600 or gsxr 600. I've only rode dirt bikes before and all I know is 4 stroke and 2 stroke. 4 strokes sound deep and 2 strokes are high pitched. When I shop around for bikes on Craigslist, everyone says there bike is a 4 stroke or 4 cylinder. Now when I watch videos on YouTube, people ride there cbr600 and they sound high pitched like a 2 stroke. Do the 4 cylinder bikes sound high pitched? Reason I ask is because if I'm spending so much money on a bike, I definitely want it to sound like one.

It's a rediculous question but I'm 19 and If I'm spending this much money on something, I want it to be exactly what I like. Thanks for the help anyone and everyone!
This is the sound I'm wanting.

http://youtu.be/U9i11rLYiIM

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If you are used to dirt bikes you are used to singles. I ride singles on the streets also. I rode a Suzuki Savage (S40) for over 8 years. On the Interstate, doing 70 mph, the exhaust tone is a low 38Hz. The vibration is similar to one of those massage beds in a cheap motel.

A four cylinder racing motorcycle will be singing 12,000 RPM and the exhaust tone is 400Hz -- a hum quite similar to telephone's dial tone. The vibration is similar to a dentist's drill.

I remember the first four-cylinder Honda in Detroit, I thought it was in '67. Didn't like it. It sounded like a sports car, not a motorcycle. If you want a motorcycle that sounds like a motorcycle you need a Thumper, or, at worst, a twin.

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Is it normal to romanticize/fantasize about anything?

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Q. I pretty much romanticize about a lot of things when I'm not with someone. I sometimes romanticize about girls during my sleep.
Like I've heard of too much of anything is bad for you, but for here it's literally impossible for me to do so when listening top any type of music that I love or when I'm not really tired at night. Whenever I'm dead tired or just drunk, I just pass the fuck out so I'm not worried.

I love fantasizing also whenever I workout on the treadmill. Usually I fantasize about sport cars, street racing, WWIII, chasing someone through the streets, being an assassin in a club, or using martial arts against people with guns.
I love playing video games that are extremely related about the events, but I don't actually fantasize about the events in the story...instead they're always my own ideas but they're exceptionally dramatic. Literally, it's as if I'm watching a film in my own head.

Is this bad for me in anyway shape or form? Am I inevitably preparing myself for what is about to come? Am I just an adrenaline junkie?

Is it normal? Do the majority of people do this?

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I do this excessively and am wondering the same thing. I think it can be considered daydreaming. I am in my head all day long thinking of scenarios, conversations I might have, etc.

The stories are so real you get lost and almost addicted to the feeling.

What type of racing or career is this?

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Racing where you take Porshe's, BMW's, Viper's, Maserati's, Jaguar's, Audi's, or pretty much any other German, Italian, French car or any from europe some from America oh and cars ftrom Japan compete in this racing. This racing is represented in the Gran Turismo video game series better then any other video game. Regular sports cars are converted to have more power and performance and sponsers are added. Races can be on the famous Laguna Seca Raceway, Nurburgring, or Le Mans. An example of the cars used is the BMW M3 GTR, BMW Mclaren, Dodge Viper GTS, these aren't cars that are one seated speed machines that are similer to formula one.


So what is this racing called?
What do I have to go through to become a racer in this racing?
Is it possible to become a racer from places in the Eastern U.S like is there a college I should go to or are these career path's only available in California and Asia and Europe?

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The closest thing to what you want is the US Touring Car Championship -- learn more at www.ustcc.com. You become a racer in this series by getting out there and racing -- typically in the US that means karts, then midgets, and eventually onto bigger and better series. There are karting organizations in the Northeast -- just look around on the Web.

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Is there a relationship between video games and bad grades?

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fgoal13

I am doing a research paper, and the topic I chose is the relationship between grades and video games. Do you believe that there is a relationship between the two?

Answer
I wouldn't blame it on the video games as much as I would the parenting of the children who excessively play them.
Personally, I have found that certain games actually improve grades with my children.
They are allowed only specific amounts of time to play with rules surrounding those times.
#1 90% of the games my children play are educational
#2 All homework must be completed before games can be played

We use the video game as a reward in our house, the kids need to earn video game time. It is also limited to no more than an hour per week.

The educational games are fun for the kids, plus they are learning while having fun.

If you are focusing your study for an older audience, like high school kids who play "shoot 'um up" games, sports, car theft, car racing, or other such games with no time limits or expectations, then the grades of these people most likely do suffer from it. Again, I would stand by the belief that it isn't the games fault as much as it is the parents for allowing the endless game play to happen.

Help with telling the difference between street bikes?

ccollin13

I'm looking to purchase a street bike soon. Probably a cbr 600 or gsxr 600. I've only rode dirt bikes before and all I know is 4 stroke and 2 stroke. 4 strokes sound deep and 2 strokes are high pitched. When I shop around for bikes on Craigslist, everyone says there bike is a 4 stroke or 4 cylinder. Now when I watch videos on YouTube, people ride there cbr600 and they sound high pitched like a 2 stroke. Do the 4 cylinder bikes sound high pitched? Reason I ask is because if I'm spending so much money on a bike, I definitely want it to sound like one.

It's a rediculous question but I'm 19 and If I'm spending this much money on something, I want it to be exactly what I like. Thanks for the help anyone and everyone!
This is the sound I'm wanting.

http://youtu.be/U9i11rLYiIM

Answer
If you are used to dirt bikes you are used to singles. I ride singles on the streets also. I rode a Suzuki Savage (S40) for over 8 years. On the Interstate, doing 70 mph, the exhaust tone is a low 38Hz. The vibration is similar to one of those massage beds in a cheap motel.

A four cylinder racing motorcycle will be singing 12,000 RPM and the exhaust tone is 400Hz -- a hum quite similar to telephone's dial tone. The vibration is similar to a dentist's drill.

I remember the first four-cylinder Honda in Detroit, I thought it was in '67. Didn't like it. It sounded like a sports car, not a motorcycle. If you want a motorcycle that sounds like a motorcycle you need a Thumper, or, at worst, a twin.

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