No matter if they gave it their all or simply sat and watched,every kid is getting a trophy. Is there such thing as winning or losing anymore? In today sports kids are given trophies for participation the idea is that everyone wins. Taking away the true meaning of what winning really means. When you get a trophy it feels good because you worked hard for what you did. “When awards are handed out like candy to every child who participates, they diminish in value”. (Betty Berdan) Everyone gets it even if one did way more then someone else. Sending the message that everyone is equal when in reality every kid is different and has there own talents that should acknowledged and be rewarded for how much time the spent to progress this skill.
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Also teaching kids that it's ok to fail and to keep trying till they reach their goal. Some kids need that confidence booster in order to stay motivated and to try the sport again.
The question is do all kids deserve it? The ones that barely shows up to practice and if they show up with a bad attitude and didn't want to be a team player. These kids are still accepting one, even though they did not work or put effort into it. “You shouldn’t need a trophy to encourage them to play sports, just like you do not give them one to go play in the yard with their friends.” (JOHN O'SULLIVAN ) With kids they do not need a participation trophy to tell them how good of an athlete that they truly are, having one is just a reminder that they did not …show more content…
Having this competitiveness will benefit them in many ways. On the field in school making them strive to to do their absolute best. No true motivation comes from getting a participation trophy because everyone will be getting one, most of the time those trophies will be thrown into a box and will not be looked at again. “An earned trophy is something special. It represents an accomplishment. Participation Trophies just say you participated. They represent nothing else.”(Cameron Brown) there is no point of these trophies the only ones truly benefiting from this are the people that are making the trophies, with so much money is going into them “trophy and award sales are now an estimated $3 billion-a-year industry in the United States and Canada”( ASHLEY MERRYMAN). When a big sporting event comes around and at the end of it everyone gets one the coaches are spending a lot, they really are a real waste of money, “they are like McDonald’s toys in a Happy Meal. (Congrats, here’s your participation award for eating lunch!)”(Jason Lisk). Most kids know that the participation trory doesn't have much value to it that's why they forget about it a little bit after they received
Also teaching kids that it's ok to fail and to keep trying till they reach their goal. Some kids need that confidence booster in order to stay motivated and to try the sport again.
The question is do all kids deserve it? The ones that barely shows up to practice and if they show up with a bad attitude and didn't want to be a team player. These kids are still accepting one, even though they did not work or put effort into it. “You shouldn’t need a trophy to encourage them to play sports, just like you do not give them one to go play in the yard with their friends.” (JOHN O'SULLIVAN ) With kids they do not need a participation trophy to tell them how good of an athlete that they truly are, having one is just a reminder that they did not …show more content…
Having this competitiveness will benefit them in many ways. On the field in school making them strive to to do their absolute best. No true motivation comes from getting a participation trophy because everyone will be getting one, most of the time those trophies will be thrown into a box and will not be looked at again. “An earned trophy is something special. It represents an accomplishment. Participation Trophies just say you participated. They represent nothing else.”(Cameron Brown) there is no point of these trophies the only ones truly benefiting from this are the people that are making the trophies, with so much money is going into them “trophy and award sales are now an estimated $3 billion-a-year industry in the United States and Canada”( ASHLEY MERRYMAN). When a big sporting event comes around and at the end of it everyone gets one the coaches are spending a lot, they really are a real waste of money, “they are like McDonald’s toys in a Happy Meal. (Congrats, here’s your participation award for eating lunch!)”(Jason Lisk). Most kids know that the participation trory doesn't have much value to it that's why they forget about it a little bit after they received