Could Fortnite affecting students grades?

Amarion Miller, Staff reporter

 

Fortnite is taking Battle Royal games to whole another level and almost everyone loves the game.But, some people might think that it is affecting the students of Dobie Junior High.There are students that play the game every single day just to get better. There are also some popular Youtubers that are extremely good at the game for example there is Daequan,Sypher,Tfue and more.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Jayden Dabney 8th grader said he spends about 13 hours playing Fortnite on the weekend and plays 4 hours on school days.He also agrees that Fortnite does affect him in school he said “I could get more A’s if I didn’t play Fortnite,He also has 50 or more friends that he plays Fortnite with.Dabney also thought if his parents were more strict on him it would keep him from playing Fortnite as much.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Sebastian Santiago 8th grader said that 8-5 hours a day on Fortnite in his free time he also thinks that call of duty games would keep him from playing Fortnite he also said “yes Fortnite does affect my grades and classwork in school because it takes up most of my time”.   
lot of students like to play Fortnite and it seems to be affecting their school as well