Vince Lombardi Trophy

Today I watched Rudy an inspirational football movie. In Rudy, a young boy named named Daniel Ruettiger, who was nicknamed Rudy, has a dream of going to the University of Notre Dame, and playing on the football team. Everyone tells him that he can’t do it. He gets a job at a steel mill, where his best friend, Pete, died in an explosion. He then goes over to South Bend, and talks to a priest. The priest helps him get enrolled into Holy Cross College. Holy Cross College is a junior…

Negative Effects of Participation Trophies Participation trophies seem like a good idea for young children. To a child who needs a boost of confidence, enticing them with a potential award at the end of Little League season might keep them motivated to attend practices and contribute their talents in games. If handled properly, participation trophies could motivate young children to want to try other new experiences. The problems arise when the children are old enough to realize that…

Everyone else on the team receives the “glad you tried but you aren 't good enough” trophy. Many children, including myself, fall into this category. As naive little children, many kids do not understand that this is the situation. They think that they are a superstar because it only makes sense to get trophies if you are talented. As children get older and mature, most started noticing how many award ribbons and trophies are actually being handed out. A regional branch of the American Youth…

participation trophies. Sure, it's nice to get a trophies, that says good job you did your best, but participation trophies can lose their meaning. In life people don't get a award for just showing up. Participation trophies can raise a kids self confidence, they can give kids a wrong message. There are other ways to award kids. In life people don't get a award for just showing up. ''You don’t just get a A+ for showing up for class. Kids can do really nothing, and get a trophy.…

and the "everybody gets a trophy" mentality. Sure, it makes you feel great to get rewarded for doing something great but after having a horrible season, a trophy just seems to add insult to injury. Now I'm not talking about the 6 year olds who come on to the field and give it their all for the fun of just playing a sport (score should not even be kept at this age, just let the little players find out if they even like the game), but when 13 and 14 year olds expect a trophy for showing up, I draw…

every kid get a trophy for just participating in a sport? Every kid should get a trophy. People state that trophy motivate kids. Trophy play a popular roll in people in life. Some people states that kids shouldn’t get trophies because it doesn’t reflect real life. Every child should get a trophy. So they would maybe support the team and the coach more better. Kids shouldn’t get the same trophy every year because wouldn’t be fair to others. If another person get a trophy that would be…

Should every kid get a trophy? In todays’ society, many people believe that all kids should get a trophy. Although if every kid gets a 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…

Participation trophies have mounted to become a notably debated 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…

the youth of this and last generation’s minds. Participation trophies demolished this belief and many others. We need to completely demolish the “everybody gets a trophy” idea. It has demoralized awards, neglected to teach children about failure and loss, abused their self-esteem, and not ready them for life ahead. Trophies. A universal sign of “congratulations you worked hard towards your goal,” or, at least, it used to be. Trophies used to be something rare, something you received because it…

Alex David Persuasive Speech Do you think 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…