Awards

Participation awards; Should we protect kids with Participation awards? Nancy starts of the passage with a strong quote, “Life isn’t always fair.” That’s straight up the truth. Kids shouldn’t get a participation trophy or awards for sports or competitions. For anything at all. It sends the opposite message to the kids who did try their absolute top game, unlike the participators, mopping around. Like James Harrison says, “I'm not about to raise two boys to be men by making them believe that they…

highest awards of the night, Mother of the Year, this award as designed to recognize a mother that has distinguished outstanding characteristics on this journey that some women do not have the privilege to take part in, due to different forms of illnesses, but wish for their opportunity, and on the other hand, some women get gets this opportunity at motherhood and takes advantage of it in the worst ways and ends up missing out on the glories of raising their children. The winners of this award…

Malcolm Baldrige Award program was initiated by the US government in the year 1978, for the purpose of creating bench mark in the area of Quality. Thus, it is also known as Malcolm Bridge National Quality Award (MBNQA).This award covers profit and non-profit organizations. There are seven standards created against which a panel of judges, judge each and every US company after very careful visit of the site. The seven outcomes are listed below: • Leadership and governance • Product and Process •…

The Green Flag Award® scheme is the benchmark national standard for parks and green spaces in the UK. It was first launched in 1996 to recognise and reward the best green spaces in the country. The first awards were given in 1997 and, many years later, it continues to provide the benchmark against which our parks and green spaces are measured. It is also seen as a way of encouraging others to achieve high environmental standards, setting a benchmark of excellence in recreational green areas.…

The gray participation award that is in my bedroom wall. Everyday I wake up it mocks me as I smile. Ironically, this award was something I treasure the most. My parents tell me “Why do you have that on your wall instead of your first place trophy.” I replied to them“The award serves as a daily reminder of my imperfections.” Eight years ago, there was a Chinese essay writing competition. Our class required people to go ,and I was chosen write the 300 word essay. I went to the test destination…

The Humanitarian award was created to recognize individuals who dedicate their time to others, and whose accomplishments are consistent. My mom qualifies for this award because she is always trying to be helpful, supportive, and she puts her family before herself. My dad works on the farm at certain times of the year, or else he’s trucking so he isn’t around during week days to help with anything. My mom works for the Dubuque community school district, managing the concessions. She works many…

trophy then the kids, will lose the experience of working hard for an award, there would be no competition, and it will reward some kids who did not give any effort. Which is unfair to the kids who did put in effort. If every kid got an award then they would losing a very valuable life lesson that can only be learned by not getting an award. It teaches the kids that failure is part of life, and that they do not always get an award. Therefore, it teaches them that with hard work and dedication…

topic because many wonder if participation trophies are not beneficial to the kids that receive them, or merely just taking up space in children’s rooms. Author Ashley Merryman elaborated on these opinions in a bold declaration against participation awards. The opposing point of view suggests that participation trophies do more good than bad in a competitive society. Contributing their word to the conversation, Eric Priceman and Parker Abate contribute their thoughts to the usefulness of…

If youth athletes get an award for participating, they should be given an award for breathing too because both take little to no effort. According to the "Trophies For All" policy, youth athletes are being awarded with participation trophies. Spending money on participation awards is wasting money that could be used for more useful things like equipment or uniforms. Youth athletes will get awards that they don't have to work hard for, but later in life they will come to realize that life isn't…

In an article called “Should everyone get a trophy,” it talks about how there is this child that is not very good at sports and still has all kinds of awards on his wall. The article says, “Lucas admits that he didn't exactly earn these trophies for his athletic prowess.” This shows that he knows that he did not work hard for these trophies. The article also points out that “…some experts suggest that…