Today many children spend a lot of time playing computer games and little time on sports. Why is it? Is it a positive or negative development?
Recreation forms a major part of a child’s life. The activities that they are involved in eventually shape up the person that they become in the future. Prior to the advent of computers and smartphones, a vast majority of children used to spend their recreation time playing several sports with their friends. The advancement of technology and user interfaces have shifted children’s focus towards addictive games that different companies seem to launch every other day with the promise of a better gaming experience. The author states that children spend a lot of time playing computer games and lesser time on sports and I personally believe that it is a negative development. I will buttress my argument with several reasons in the following paragraphs.
Firstly, when children spend more time playing computer games, it consequently leaves them lesser time to engage in physical activity. Children are of an age where their bodies are developing and muscles are forming. With lack of physical activity, there is no incentive for muscle development. Lack of physical activity also leads children to consume lesser nutritious and greasier foods, leading to obesity. The effects of obesity are well known, with cholesterol and cardiovascular diseases being the two most common diseases associated with it. Another important aspect is that children who do not play sports would have no experience of working as a team from a young age and we are aware how important teamwork is in today’s corporate sphere.
Secondly, the effects of computer games on the overall physical development of children are very harmful. While the development of muscles is affected, the organs of the body are no exception. Large amounts of time spent staring at the computer screen reduces the ability of the eyes to produce tears and weakens the nerves. This is the main reason that we see so many children wearing glasses nowadays, as compared to those about twenty years ago. Children who take up sports like basketball and swimming are generally taller and physically better-built when compared to children who spend their time playing computer games.
Thirdly, the knock-on effects of computer games on studies must not be ignored. Children who play a lot of games would not find a lot of time to complete their assignments or devote enough time for their studies. This would result in lower grades. In today’s competitive world, lower grades would mean that children cannot be accepted by good colleges and universities, leading to a lower standard of education and fewer job opportunities.
Games like PUBG, World of Warcraft, Counter Strike, FIFA, to name a few provide the opportunity for children to spend hours on end playing with their friends or with people who live half a world away. The gaming experience and connectivity of the world make sports a less attractive proposition for children. Lack of physical activity, the effects on the development of their young bodies and the negative impact of computer games on studies are some of the main reasons that computer games negatively affect children’s development. The onus is on the parents to curb screen time of children and ensure that they have enough physical activity for better growth and development.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 447, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, first, firstly, if, second, secondly, so, third, thirdly, well, while
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 13.1623246493 152% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 7.85571142285 89% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 10.4138276553 182% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 7.30460921844 246% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 33.0 24.0651302605 137% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 73.0 41.998997996 174% => OK
Nominalization: 17.0 8.3376753507 204% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2740.0 1615.20841683 170% => OK
No of words: 530.0 315.596192385 168% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.16981132075 5.12529762239 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.79809637944 4.20363070211 114% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.75746825648 2.80592935109 98% => OK
Unique words: 258.0 176.041082164 147% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.48679245283 0.561755894193 87% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 852.3 506.74238477 168% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Article: 11.0 2.52805611222 435% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 16.0721442886 156% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.3984126734 49.4020404114 102% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.6 106.682146367 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.2 20.7667163134 102% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.76 7.06120827912 53% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 8.67935871743 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 3.9879759519 226% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 3.4128256513 147% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.418331420475 0.244688304435 171% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.115536110229 0.084324248473 137% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.118480687176 0.0667982634062 177% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.255774026485 0.151304729494 169% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0434995143786 0.056905535591 76% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.5 13.0946893788 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 50.2224549098 100% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.3001002004 102% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.71 12.4159519038 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.52 8.58950901804 99% => OK
difficult_words: 129.0 78.4519038076 164% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 61.797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.5 Out of 9
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