Multitasking

I asked my daughter about multitasking. This is what she replied me.

"Human is born with the ability to multitask. You don’t need to be taught how to multitask. For example, I’m listening to music, singing and writing at the same time. And the most common example, people always chat with a lot of people in facebook at the same time. It is very common for us to multitasking. As now, you might be listening to music or chatting with your friends. Well, you never just do one thing at a time, right? When your mom asked you a question and you are listening to Avril Lavigne’s ‘Skater Boy’, you won’t wait till the songs end and tell you mom the answer right?"

I kind of agree with her that we are born with the ability. And technology makes it easier for us to do more tasks simultaneously.



Games

"Don't say that you love playing video games," my daughter's teacher said to her students who are going to have a secondary admission interview soon.

I guess the main reason why playing video games should not be mentioned during an school interview is that it is often associated with violence and problem of addiction, implying that a student who loves playing video games may not achieve acadamic excellence.

I tend to believe that games enhance learning. When we play games, we will try to read games reviews or sometimes we even involve in forum to discuss strategies with others who share common interest. We read and write a lot during the process!

Of course we need to carefully choose right types of game as well as to  maintain a healthy 'online' time management.

This is one of the games I play (amateur surgeon).