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"It's almost an obsessive-compulsive desire to be the best. One client had to be in the top five scores on a Web site at which half a million people were playing," Hyken said. "They're using it as a way to escape reality."
Two points- escape reality? This is our reality. We have accepted the magic of the internet as our grandparents accepted the telephone. ( Or with some of you - your great grandparents) It is and was a leap of faith to the future.
the second point -the new schoolwork may not be the old schoolwork. Normally people would be heaping praise and accolades on the top students- not calling them obsessive-compulsive.
"It's almost an obsessive-compulsive desire to be the best. One client had to be in the top five scores on a Web site at which half a million people were playing," Hyken said. "They're using it as a way to escape reality."
Two points- escape reality? This is our reality. We have accepted the magic of the internet as our grandparents accepted the telephone. ( Or with some of you - your great grandparents) It is and was a leap of faith to the future.
Posted by David S at February 7, 2010 6:28 PMthe second point -the new schoolwork may not be the old schoolwork. Normally people would be heaping praise and accolades on the top students- not calling them obsessive-compulsive.