Causes and effects of video games on people

Topic: Boy, 10,steers his great grandmother’s car to safety after she collapses at the wheel on a highway

Date: November 1, 2013

Document type: Article

Source: “Boy, 10,steers his great grandmother’s car to safety after she collapses at the wheel on a highway – and he credits his driving skills to Mario karts.” dailymail.co.uk. August 10, 2013

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2388594/Boy-10-steers-great-grandmothers-car-safety-collapses-wheel-highway--credits-driving-skills-Mario-Kart.html

Summary:

According to the article of dailymail.co.uk, which focuses on a ten-year-old boy that steers his great grandmother’s car to safety due to playing a video game that’s called Mario karts. His great-grandmother was traveling about 60 miles per hour in a Colorado highway. He was sitting near her and his little brother who is four year’s old was in the backseat. While his great-grandmother was talking, she suddenly stopped talking and became quit, she had what’s called a minor heart attack. The ten-year-old boy tried to wake her up but there was no response. He used his skills that were gained from a driving video game and steered the car to safety.

Quotations:

“My Grandma Great was talking about some of the wildlife and stuff about the Great Plains when she passed out in the middle of a sentence,”

“I could see over the dashboard while I was driving, so I had an idea of where I was driving into. I couldn’t get to the brakes because my Grandma Great was in the way,”

“I’m so proud of him that he saved so many lives that day even in oncoming traffic, she said. “He’s always been a great kid.”

“ Boys were riding with their great-grandmother, Darlene Nestor, from Cheyenne Wells to Golden on July 26.”

Paraphrasing:

Original paragraph:

When Nestor passed out, he shook her to try to wake her and she wasn't responding. That's when he took the wheel. I could see over the dashboard while I was driving, so I had an idea of where I was driving into. I couldn’t get to the brakes because my Grandma Great was in the way,' Sanders said. He drove the car to the shoulder and into some mud just as Wells' foot fell off the gas pedal, bringing the car to a stop. Sanders thanked a couple that stopped on the side of the road and helped them by calling 911. Nestor was taken to the hospital and is recovering from the heart attack. Sanders said he doesn't expect to be hailed as a hero after saving the day.

Paraphrased paragraph:

Sanders was hailed as the hero, because he saved his little brother and his great grand mother from danger. When Nestor passed out Sanders tried to wake her up but she wasn’t listening, although he didn’t know where he was going he took over the wheels. He tried reaching out for the breaks but Nestor’s feet were on the way. Using his gained skills from Mario karts he drove the car into some mud on the side of the road and that successfully stopped the car. A couple saw the car and called 911.

Respond:

This article shows us that video games can be really helpful sometimes in spite of the bad things that video games contain. This ten-year-old boy saved both of his great grandmother and his little brother by using his set of skills gained from a driving video game called Mario kart. If he hadn’t played Mario karts then he wouldn’t have been able to know what to do! In my opinion I think that playing video games is a great way to gain knowledge and have fun at the same time. Video games shouldn’t be blamed on everything bad that’s been happening, because of video games this boy saved his family.