THIS WEEK IN 1994: Video games blamed
They were responding to a survey showing more than half of teachers believed youngsters were tired in class because of their addiction to video games.
The research for the Professional Association of Teachers also found violent and pornographic videos circulated in more than one in six secondary schools.
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Hide AdSheila Langford, county secretary of the National Association of Headteachers, said: ‘Certainly children lack concentration these days.
‘I think it has something to do with the ability to flick from channel to channel.’