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The Real Life Grind
“Most men indeed as well as most sects in religion, think themselves in possession of all truth, and that wherever others differ from them it is so far error” (Franklin 43). Many people, as Benjamin Franklin points out in his speech, “Speech in the Convention,” hold their opinions above others; they believe that their perspective is the most clear and realistic. Conversely, Albert Camus, a French philosopher, author and journalist from the 20th century, opposed the general view of the old Greek myth about Sisyphus’s tragic fate. When everyone thought they were correct, Camus proved them wrong. Camus argued that Sisyphus’s fate was not as tragic as it was speculated to be. He states, “The lucidity that was to constitute his torture at the same time crowns his victory. . . The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy” (Camus 17-18). The general opinion of the Sisyphus’s fate was that it is tragic because he consciously knows that his labor of pushing a boulder up a mountain for eternity serves no purpose, but Camus suggests that the fact that Sisyphus knows his fate makes him the champion of it. He is the owner of that fate; Camus goes as far to say that Sisyphus enjoys his labor because on his way up, he toils to push the boulder and works willingly in spite of the gods that condemned him to this fate. When Sisyphus reaches the top of the mountain, he feels triumphant and maybe even improves himself with skills he learned on his way to the top.
Identically, playing video games has the same impression. There is the misconception that playing such games are a waste of time and are meaningless labor, but if examined meticulously, playing video games have a similar grind to that of Sisyphus; they teach things to the player that only he or she can value consciously. Viewing through the scientific lens, video games, albeit not all useful, can offer educational benefits, such as creativity and data handling skills, collaborative skills, and career exposure or experience, to students.
As a matter of fact, the act of playing a video game can boost a student’s creativity and data handling. In the article titled “Designing Interactive Learning:

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