Game Critics Awards

Throughout the history, many awards have been created in order to recognize the best achievements. According to Oxford Dictionary, award is “the action of giving a payment, compensation, or prize”. Besides, prizes are awarded usually to people who accomplish to be the best in any specific category such as sports, school, artistic or even literature. In addition, within these categories, it can also find other different recognitions, since the awards tend to be dedicated to a concrete genre. For…

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…

What’s wrong with giving children participation trophies? Authors Merryman, Priceman and Abate described their bold opinions concerning the topic of participation awards, allowing me to decide my view of these awards: allowing kids to be encouraged by participation awards is useful in young kids taking part in different activities. Parker Abate claims within his article “In Youth Sports, Participation Trophies Send a Powerful Message” that participation trophies help kids remember that teamwork…

let all the teams play towards participation awards. How do you think you would feel? I can assure you that this is not an isolated incident. Where participation awards are concerned, most child psychologists agree that they do more harm than good;…

What does an award mean to a person? An award could mean a person was successful; such as, moving to the next step in a career. A reward could also mean recognition for a simple action given; such as, showing up to class. These rewards for showing up to class, one may feel that these are participation trophies. While participation trophies may boost a child's self-esteem, children grow up believing goals in life are easy to come by and no matter how hard they try, they still receive credit;…

events or competitions, you should say goodbye to participation trophies. James Harrison and journalist, Nancy Armour agree that participation awards aren't the way to go. Stating that they are blocking kids from the future of harsh realities and discourages the motivation to try their best and persevere. I agree wholeheartedly. I believe participation awards are a waste of time and more importantly discouraging kids from learning the true meaning of sportsmanship. Kurt Warner said, “They…

performance and enhancing drugs, sexual assault, and murder. A big case last year was the Ray Rice case. Ray Rice is former Baltimore Ravens running back, who literally beat his girlfriend at the time in an elevator. Rice was only suspend for two games before the actually tape was released to the public. Another case was the Aaron Hernandez case. Aaron Hernandez murder Odin Lloyd and involved in another homicide case in Bristol, Connecticut. For the first in six years, no one in the NFL has…

When I got my second place trophy in karate in 2006, I was ecstatic. I had earned something, and while it was a lot of work, it was completely worth it. When I played soccer as a child, we were easily the worst team in the league. We lost every single game except one, and that was the one I didn’t go to. When I got the participation medal at the end of the season, I hated it. Even today, it’s a constant reminder to a time I hated. I don’t believe participation trophies should be given to…

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…

something in "real life" for showing up, participating, and "doing your best." Giving awards for showing up and doing what is required is meaningless and sends the wrong message. The more trophies you give out the less each one means. In spite of all this many believe participation trophies are good and necessary to build self confidence. Regardless participation trophies are unnecessary. People don't get awards in "real life" for showing up, participating and "trying your best."…