“Congratulations you’ve received a participation award” or “Congratulations for being a member of the team” are words children as well as teenagers would not like to hear coming from their coaches. Most certainly, this is a common thing to hear whenever a team, group or an individual does not place. A trophy is a form of expressing one’s integration and the outstanding achievement made throughout the course, in addition a trophy should be given to those with excellent performance while leaving others with motivation to become better. The intention of giving a child or teen a trophy is to praise the strong capacity they have as well as mange good communication skills, sportsmanship, teamwork and bring home the 1st place award. The first base
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Kids are becoming more soft and the dedication for a sport is going down the drain as they replace victory trophies with participation trophies. “All that means is that if you constantly reward a kid, you spoil them, and you don’t build a capacity for them to be resilient to frustration” (Grossman 10). If children see that just by joining a team they will get a trophy, they will be expecting one from each team they join, which is not the point. The purpose of joining a team, group, activity, or hobby is to distract the mind and let the child explore more through their deep thoughts and the process as they practice doing what they like rather than just going for a participation award. Not everything in life will be handed like a piece of candy, sometimes one must overcome the challenges and obstacles to get where they want, and this is exactly how one should get a trophy. One most work hard for a trophy. It should be a process in which a person begins and ends on a higher level. It shouldn’t be granted for a kid to just get the trophy but when receiving it, it should feel as if they had made an accomplishment and overcame the grueling obstacle in life and the trophy is the reward for …show more content…
“Protecting kids from the agony of defeat blunts their competitive edge and never teaches them to properly deal with adversity” (Grossman 10). Giving children a trophy depicts the idea that everyone deserves a trophy so the feelings of others won’t get hurt but not only is it defeating the purpose of reality but it showing the outcome is not only person victorious but it’s a neutrality pack where everyone is a winner. Protecting a child from not getting their feelings hurt because they did not win or did not get 1st place does not allow them to grow. A part of life is learning how to face reality and the truth is as people get older is harder for them to cope with things becoming difficult or out of hand and that’s why it’s always good to have a little competitiveness in them. It all lets them improve and strive for the goals. Aside from striving for their goals, it helps them get closer to receiving an award in honor of what they have done. Emma Allen’s visual, “World Cup Selfie”, is a figurative idea to show the hands of a hard-working person enables a person to reach for that grand price, the gold metal shining below shows everyone that he or she is honored for the achievements. At the end, there can only be one 1st place as shown in the picture below
Kids are becoming more soft and the dedication for a sport is going down the drain as they replace victory trophies with participation trophies. “All that means is that if you constantly reward a kid, you spoil them, and you don’t build a capacity for them to be resilient to frustration” (Grossman 10). If children see that just by joining a team they will get a trophy, they will be expecting one from each team they join, which is not the point. The purpose of joining a team, group, activity, or hobby is to distract the mind and let the child explore more through their deep thoughts and the process as they practice doing what they like rather than just going for a participation award. Not everything in life will be handed like a piece of candy, sometimes one must overcome the challenges and obstacles to get where they want, and this is exactly how one should get a trophy. One most work hard for a trophy. It should be a process in which a person begins and ends on a higher level. It shouldn’t be granted for a kid to just get the trophy but when receiving it, it should feel as if they had made an accomplishment and overcame the grueling obstacle in life and the trophy is the reward for …show more content…
“Protecting kids from the agony of defeat blunts their competitive edge and never teaches them to properly deal with adversity” (Grossman 10). Giving children a trophy depicts the idea that everyone deserves a trophy so the feelings of others won’t get hurt but not only is it defeating the purpose of reality but it showing the outcome is not only person victorious but it’s a neutrality pack where everyone is a winner. Protecting a child from not getting their feelings hurt because they did not win or did not get 1st place does not allow them to grow. A part of life is learning how to face reality and the truth is as people get older is harder for them to cope with things becoming difficult or out of hand and that’s why it’s always good to have a little competitiveness in them. It all lets them improve and strive for the goals. Aside from striving for their goals, it helps them get closer to receiving an award in honor of what they have done. Emma Allen’s visual, “World Cup Selfie”, is a figurative idea to show the hands of a hard-working person enables a person to reach for that grand price, the gold metal shining below shows everyone that he or she is honored for the achievements. At the end, there can only be one 1st place as shown in the picture below