28th August 2006, 9:00 AM
I remember playing Tetris on my TI-83 in spurts in math class. I say 'spurts' because every two or three weeks when a unit test would come along I would use the 'Program' function and write every piece of information I could about the unit at hand (thank-you Alpha lock). I would even have it sub-divided to include all of the sections in the unit for easy cheating reference. As soon as I handed the test in I would erase my calculator completely so it would be another week or so before I managed to get Tetris back on my calculator again.
Of course cheating on every single test caught up to me - I did so terrible in math my grade 12 year that I had to take it twice. The second time I did it honestly. And I made sure that Tetris wasn't ever on my calcutaor because spending entire classes playing that game instead of learning is what caused me to cheat in the first place.
And yet another reason why videogames are destroying today's youth.
Of course cheating on every single test caught up to me - I did so terrible in math my grade 12 year that I had to take it twice. The second time I did it honestly. And I made sure that Tetris wasn't ever on my calcutaor because spending entire classes playing that game instead of learning is what caused me to cheat in the first place.
And yet another reason why videogames are destroying today's youth.