The Importance Of Participation Trophies
Participation Trophies Hard work is a profound habit to pick up and is important to have throughout your entire life. Almost every company and business we see today was originally built on hard work. This is the same principle with sports. The greatest athletes in the world are some of the hardest workers in the world. Sports are some of the most competitive activities on this planet and rewards for being the best are often a common sight. In today’s society, they do not just want to reward the best, they want to reward everyone that competed in the sports event. This is a major problem and where I stand at an opposing view point. I believe that participations are a terrible idea and will ruin hard working athletes for the future. Although I do not believe in participation trophies, there are always two sides to an argument. There are many people that would support them and bring logical reasons behind them to back it up. For example, one might argue that the children will be feeling hurt or their feeling might be down after losing and receiving nothing. Truthfully, nobody enjoys losing, especially if you
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They are a problem that promote the belief that losing and failure should be rewarded. These leads to many different problems in all aspects of life. This doesn’t just translate into sports, it carries over into subjects like school, work, social life, etc. When our youth is being handed a trophy for losing every game they play, it leads them to believe they are entitled to an award no matter what they did. This kills the drive to become better and work harder. Losing is the best way to learn how to win if you have the drive to become better after. When they are rewarded after failure they won’t care as much for the feeling of success. Participation trophies are symbols for bad habits and affect you in more areas of life than
They are a problem that promote the belief that losing and failure should be rewarded. These leads to many different problems in all aspects of life. This doesn’t just translate into sports, it carries over into subjects like school, work, social life, etc. When our youth is being handed a trophy for losing every game they play, it leads them to believe they are entitled to an award no matter what they did. This kills the drive to become better and work harder. Losing is the best way to learn how to win if you have the drive to become better after. When they are rewarded after failure they won’t care as much for the feeling of success. Participation trophies are symbols for bad habits and affect you in more areas of life than