While American universities are pushing freshmen to bring computers in order to stay connected to university and home life, universities in China are discouraging it. Three popular universities in the country Zhejiang University, Nanjing University, and Shanghai Jiaotong University have all instituted new rules this term that forbid freshmen from bringing computers with them.
The Spokesman of the university said that it is supposed to help them restrain themselves from all-night gaming sessions that cause them to neglect their academics. Huazhong University of Science and Technology set a rule in 2000 that all freshmen, including those majoring in computers, were forbidden to purchase their own computers. They wrote this rule into the student handbook. A responsible person inside the Education Administration Office explained that this measure was enacted because freshmen were unable to control themselves effectively and might easily get lost in the Internet when starting their university life.
Director of the Students´ Affairs Division of Wuhan Institute of Technology Wang Xuemei said that the university enacted a rule in 2002: freshmen are not allowed to buy their own computers and sophomores may purchase computers only after they have passed the College English Test.
But not everyone agrees that banning computers for freshmen is the right answer to the problem. There are always ways to get a gaming or Internet fix, so a one-year ban on computers won´t do much to help students who are hooked on the ´Net and gaming. Internet addiction expert Tao Hongkai believes that educators would do a much better job of helping students get over their vices than simply putting off the inevitable.
Some experts deem that computers are not ogres. It is quite normal for university students to use computers but they should use them properly. Playing games on the computers can help to keep one´ s mind sharp and it is also a very good way to communicate.
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News Original From: china.org
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