Children are the future of the world, but is the world preparing the children to take over? All through life children go through school and play sports until they are finally ready to take over the leadership positions that are open in the world. This schooling gives children the knowledge that they will need to succeed in the workplace, and sports and team activities give them the skills necessary to work as a part of a group. But more and more the world is adding things to try and make it “fair for everyone” and try and create equality, so that no feelings are hurt. One of the most obvious occurrences of this is the participation trophy and classroom incentives. “It is uncommon to walk into an American classroom without seeing a wall
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Self-esteem, while being a positive thing to have in itself, can also bring about problems when gained through means that do not improve the individual. The false self-esteem that is brought upon with these rewards for simply trying “make us feel we can achieve anything” without the hard work that comes with most achievements (SELF 2). While some may argue this point that there is not really a thing called “false self-esteem” because any self-esteem should be credited as valid, when a person is building themselves up through means that do not improve the individual. In a recent study from an electronic journal the relationship between unconditional self acceptance and self-esteem was tested and came back with positive results (Viviano 1). With these findings, it should be clear to see that if extremely high self-esteem leads to unconditional self acceptance, then building a high sense of self-esteem that is not worked for would make children accept themselves even when they do not work hard or put forth their best effort. Because of this false self-esteem can be linked to boredom in the classroom or in an activity due to confidence, children getting attention for things that they do not deserve, and becoming …show more content…
Narcissism is when a person makes everything about them, and has a constant need for glorification. A narcissist always thinks that they have the answer and refuse to take help or advice from anyone else. Now this can be clear to see as a problem in everyday life, but it is especially bad when a student or athlete is a narcissist. When a student or athlete is a narcissist, they “become arrogant and unwilling to listen to reason (SELF). This is a major problem because coaches and teachers’ main jobs ares to teach the skills that will better the individual, and when the individual becomes a narcissist who will not listen to what other people are trying to say, that is nearly impossible. The child then feels superior to everyone else and also stops using common sense and intuition (SELF). This is a major problem because with more rewards more children are becoming narcissists making it harder for both teachers and coaches to do their jobs, and in turn, making it harder for the children who are willing to work hard and learn to do
Self-esteem, while being a positive thing to have in itself, can also bring about problems when gained through means that do not improve the individual. The false self-esteem that is brought upon with these rewards for simply trying “make us feel we can achieve anything” without the hard work that comes with most achievements (SELF 2). While some may argue this point that there is not really a thing called “false self-esteem” because any self-esteem should be credited as valid, when a person is building themselves up through means that do not improve the individual. In a recent study from an electronic journal the relationship between unconditional self acceptance and self-esteem was tested and came back with positive results (Viviano 1). With these findings, it should be clear to see that if extremely high self-esteem leads to unconditional self acceptance, then building a high sense of self-esteem that is not worked for would make children accept themselves even when they do not work hard or put forth their best effort. Because of this false self-esteem can be linked to boredom in the classroom or in an activity due to confidence, children getting attention for things that they do not deserve, and becoming …show more content…
Narcissism is when a person makes everything about them, and has a constant need for glorification. A narcissist always thinks that they have the answer and refuse to take help or advice from anyone else. Now this can be clear to see as a problem in everyday life, but it is especially bad when a student or athlete is a narcissist. When a student or athlete is a narcissist, they “become arrogant and unwilling to listen to reason (SELF). This is a major problem because coaches and teachers’ main jobs ares to teach the skills that will better the individual, and when the individual becomes a narcissist who will not listen to what other people are trying to say, that is nearly impossible. The child then feels superior to everyone else and also stops using common sense and intuition (SELF). This is a major problem because with more rewards more children are becoming narcissists making it harder for both teachers and coaches to do their jobs, and in turn, making it harder for the children who are willing to work hard and learn to do