Grammy Award

kids should get participation awards for something they aren’t really good at? Kids shouldn’t be given awards that they don’t deserve, there should only be one winner and one winner only, instead of everyone winning wins. My reasons for thinking this are: people who think they are good at something tend to do the same thing, people who think they are good at something don’t try to get better because they think they are good already, and the real winners of the award don’t feel as good about…

Do Children Receive Too Many Trophies? How disappointing would it be for individuals to receive similar awards for working extra hard versus normal participation? Trophies should only be given to overachievers or individuals who give extra efforts, not just everyone. One can have the opposite opinion believing that everyone should receive trophies, not just MVP’s. If trophies are given to everyone, it can minimize the achievement and celebration of the individuals who challenge the best. When…

Many people find themselves asking if participation trophies are even important or not, or if we should even have them in general. Well we should, for reasons that might have been overlooked. Participation trophies show a great significance consisting of commitment and dedication, they remind one of an experience or the friendships they made, and they give more meaning than you would think to a young child learning self-confidence. Commitment and and dedication show the growth of…

fairly prestigious award. I had received the National School Color Guard Award. This award is achieved by sheer talent and being a good person by helping others out. This essay will go over my story working up to achieving the award and what my take on it is. The National School Color Guard Award should be what every member of any color guard team tries to achieve. It is also extremely easy to achieve if the person attempting to achieve it is willing to put in the time. This award is achieved…

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…