e-Sports to enter education curriculum of a Norwegian high school

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AbbathTheGrim on 12 January 2016

- will happen for Garnes Vidaregåande Skole, a public high school in the city of Bergen, Norway

- starting August

- elective class

- puts e-sports on the same footing as traditional sports such as soccer and handball

- 30 or so students enrolled in the program will study five hours a week during the three-year program

- some of the games being brought into the e-sports class will be: Dota 2, League of Legends, StarCraft II and Counter-Strike

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/01/norwegian-high-school-puts-e-sports-and-gaming-on-the-timetable/

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Ultrashroomz on 12 January 2016

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What have the Norweighan's done!?

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NiKKoM on 12 January 2016

I can see that games like Starcraft is like chess or checkers with develloping tactics, react quickly to changing situations etc... but what do kids learn from counter-strike? Head shots are better? Which gun has more power? Teamwork while screaming orders and no one follows the plan? Some dude is probably getting government funding for this test and is laughing his way to the bank..

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IIIIITHE1IIIII on 12 January 2016

Excellent. A step in the right direction for sure. It won't be long now until video games become part of mandatory education.

After all, such knowledge is far more relevant today than, say, sewing.

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Dravenet7 on 12 January 2016

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Teeqoz on 12 January 2016

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jason1637 on 12 January 2016

I wish they taught me how to get better at csgo in my school lol. Joking aside this isnt really educational but i can see why they would start such a thing. There are those that make millions of dollars by playing video games just like those who play sports.

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