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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Given the huge number of people who enjoy video games without issue, I think it is important to look beyond the game to the person playing it in order to diagnose their problem.[/quote]

Men are dropping or failing out of a college are a far greater clip than females (I think it's 2x) -- especially low to middle income men and minority men, especially. At many four year universities these cohorts only have a 10-33% chance of graduating! And almost all of them have video game systems in their dorm or apt.[/quote]

Despite what DCUM thinks, low income kids primarily drop out due to financial stress. They can’t afford to retake courses also. [/quote]

This is a myth. Most of the low-income students I've seen drop out of university were going for free -- not just free, they were essentially getting paid to be in school because of refunds checks each semester. Not to mention low-income students get first dibs on cushy campus work-study jobs.

The root cause of the drop out is lack of maturity, self control and academic preparation (matriculating under college ready levels).

This American Life detailed a low-income boy and girl (I think they were bf and gf) who went to SLACs together. Both were going for 100% free, he was ditching class and was kicked out. He was so delusional, he came back the following semester and didn't think kicked out meant literally kicked out.

Act Two
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/550/three-miles

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