Advice for Indian students good for average ATOTer as well

[Syringer]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/0...net.curb.reut/index.html?eref=rss_tech

One of India's top engineering schools has restricted Internet access in its hostels, saying addiction to surfing, gaming and blogging was affecting students' performance, making them reclusive and even suicidal.

Authorities at the elite Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai said students had stopped socializing and many were late for morning classes or slept through them.

"Now, a student doesn't even know who lives two doors away from him because he is so busy on the Internet," said Prakash Gopalan, dean of student affairs.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Syringer
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/0...net.curb.reut/index.html?eref=rss_tech

One of India's top engineering schools has restricted Internet access in its hostels, saying addiction to surfing, gaming and blogging was affecting students' performance, making them reclusive and even suicidal.

Authorities at the elite Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai said students had stopped socializing and many were late for morning classes or slept through them.

"Now, a student doesn't even know who lives two doors away from him because he is so busy on the Internet," said Prakash Gopalan, dean of student affairs.

I don't know who lives two doors away from me either. Nor do I want to, my neighbors are all loud idiots who have no respect for others when it comes to keeping the noise in control after 11PM. That doesn't make me a recluse, I am plenty active in campus activities and have plenty of non school related friends. I really think that most fear of internet activities comes from people who have never tried anything more than sending e-mails to people who they got business cards from and looking up recipes using Google.