...Trophies For All? “The Discussion of if all Kids Should get Trophies” Kids sports in America have been know to give all kids in a sport a participation trophy for showing up to practices. In society today kids think that if they are in this sport they can get a trophy for just being in the sport. For example if they show up they think that they can mess around and they will still be praised for the things that they have done. The reasons why America has started to give children trophies for participating is so all the kids don’t think that one of the kids on the team is better than them. Another reason of why they do this is so that it is fair for all the students, and the parents won’t become upset with the coach if their child is angry about not getting a trophy. From watching children play sports now to back in the day, children should not get trophies for just showing up to mess around. The first reason why children should not get participation trophies is because they know that they can do nothing and they will...
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...I don’t believe that every kid on a team should get a trophy. When everyone on a team gets a trophy for participation it doesn’t teach them anything. It gives people a sense of entitlement. When you win you earn a trophy, when you lose you don’t get anything. That’s the way it’s always been; it teaches people to work harder. The reasons I don’t think every kid on a team should get a trophy is it doesn’t teach them to work hard, it gives them a sense of entitlement, and it doesn’t help them in the real world. I don’t think every kid should get a trophy because it doesn’t teach them to work hard. When every kid gets a trophy it doesn’t make them want to work hard and earn it. When you win a championship you earn a trophy, but when...
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...If you have ever played a sport as a kid, you probably received a participation trophy at the end of the season. A popular debate today is about kids getting participation trophies. I don't think kids should get trophies for participating. Kids shouldn't get participation trophies for a number of reasons. Kids don't earn them. It really doesn't matter if they don't get a trophy, they joined the team to play the game not receive a reward after. “ Teachers don't give kids trophies just for showing up to class.” said kurt warner(Website #1). So why should sports teams? Another reason is because that's not how life goes you can't get a promotion or be praised just for being at your job. You have to work hard to win big things. Also a survey shows...
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...Should Everyone Get a Trophy In the article “Should Everyone Get a Trophy” it states, “In life, most people are not rewarded for simply doing what’s required. A student doesn't get an A for just going to class. A employee doesn't get a raise for just arriving to work on time. Shouldn’t only the hardest-working or highest performing athletes get accolades?” For the past couple of years there has been a system in sports programs called, “Trophies for all” where everyone gets a trophy even for participating. But should a kid have a trophy to motivate them and not mistakes? Not every age group should be given a trophy for participating because kids need to learn to make mistakes and fail, and it improves kids motivation and makes kids work harder for it....
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...work? No, so why should a kid get a trophy for just showing up to a game? According to the "Trophies for all" policy, youth athletes are being awarded with participation trophies. Everything in life should be earned. Also, there is too much money spent on the trophies. Instead of awarding all the time, do it when a youth athlete does something right. The problem is that youth athletes are entitled to getting the awards and you don’t want them to grow up that way. Some people think participation trophies motivate youth athletes. Participation awards shouldn’t be given to youth athletes. Everything in life should be earned as stated in "Trophies...
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...You may have heard one of your parents say “life's not fair so get used to it”. It is really common to have heard sans like this one when you were little. Kids today feel entitled to things because we give kids that suck serious ass at sports trophies because they were part of a team that they didn’t help win because they suck. Kids that play sports good in high school get All State and All Conference awards they don’t give all of the kids these awards. I think it is bad to give trophies to all kids in school sports because not all of the kids earned them, competition and rejection are needed, and it is good for young kids. The first reason I am against it is that not all of the kids earned the trophies. There are kids that make every practice, work hard and then there are those kids that only make a few practices and don’t work at all. People are wanting to give all of the kids trophies for participating but some of the kids don’t fully participate. The fucking world has got very soft on their kids these days. Back in the day kids worked hard at what they did if they wanted to get a trophy. Kids have become really big pussies and are really lazy. The second reason I am against is that competition and rejection are needed. Bigger high schools have tryouts for their sports teams. So they get the best...
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...soccer, with a smile stretching from ear to ear plastered on my face. Why? I had gotten a trophy! Little did I know, or care, that we had lost every game that season. Fast-forward to 2014. I’m ten, ending my fourth season of basketball, throwing a temper tantrum. Why? I didn’t get a trophy. Participation trophies have become a tradition in recreational sports that spoils and ruins the competition of sports. Recreational sports organizations shouldn’t give out participation trophies because it loses value if everybody gets one, it increases narcissism and selfishness, and it doesn’t teach good work ethic. Trophies are special because they’re for winners. They lose value if everybody gets one. To start, Brenda Iasevoli, from Time for Kids, has a quote in the article “Should Everyone Get a Trophy?” saying, “‘The trophy has to stand for something,’ Dweck told TFK. ‘If we give a trophy to everyone, then the award has no value.’” Trophies are...
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...Imagine if kids got trophies for eating? According to the "throphies for All" policy, youth athletes are being awarded with particiption trophies, By rewards for everyday receiving rewards for everyday activities, youth athletes will not kknow what to do in the real world. The more trophies given out to youth athletes the less each one means. Buying participation trophies a poor use of scarce funds. However, some parents of youth athletes might think theres nothing wong with giving a throphy to say, "good job." In order to be rewarded, the youth athlete should make a positive impact. By being rewarded for completeing everyday activities, youth athletes will not learn what to expect in the real world. According to "Should Eveyone get a...
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...required. "The Trophies For all Policy" doesn’t seem fair to those who put in as much time and effort as possible. Also, by rewarding youth athletes this way it makes the awards less valuable.These awards can also send the wrong idea into these athletes heads by making them think they will be rewarded for everything they do in life. However, others think that participation awards can motivate kids to keep playing sports, but youth athletes shouldn't be rewarded for doing what is required, due to "The Trophies For all Policy" sending the wrong message. Youth athletes all over the world put as much time and effort into sports as possible. These athletes strive for rewards and the appreciation for their hard work. While others just go to practices, don’t play much in games, and only do what is required, but they still get the same awards...
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...Argumentative Essay “Have we gone trophy-crazy as a society, bestowing trophies on children for almost anything, even just showing up? Are we afraid children will be hurt by losing, so we make everyone a winner? Or are awards an effective way to raise children’s self-esteem and keep them motivated to do better?”(Gonchar). Something that has always crossed my mind is how many participation trophy’s I got as a child, ribbons and prizes for sitting around and not doing much. Why do we give out so many trophies? Will our children end up spoiled and entitled? Unable to be independent and outgoing? I believe that we give out too many trophies to children that do nothing and it encourages them to be entitled, lazy, and unable to be independent....
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...think people should get participation trophy’s just for being in the sport? Yes and no, many people will agree and disagree. In this essay, I will be discussing the pros and cons of having a participation trophy. Trophies can have a positive effect on someone more than a negative effect. Having children get participation trophies could be helping them in many ways. Some of those ways would be like getting involved in a new sport. Maybe someone just wants to try a new sport they can do that and still get rewarded for there hard work. Also, getting these trophies will help them build up confidence. If a team is genuinely bad at the sport they love they can also get a trophy s they know they are putting in hard work. If a child feels discouraged the first time playing a sport and doesn’t get any award they will feel more obligated to try someone thing else instead of improving in the sport. Overall having a positive attitude and outlook will help the participating trophies be meaningful....
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...Are Participation Trophies Good Your team loses every game and at the end of the season you get rewarded. People have been talking about whether participation trophies are good or bad for kids. I stand on the side against participation trophies. There are many reasons why I am against participation trophies. One of them being you don’t need to be rewarded for everything you do. The article Jonathan Fader Ph.D. wrote states that you are more committed by doing a sport out of passion than focusing on results. Instead of a trophy tell them what they did well and what they can improve on. Jonathan Fader also said if you give them stuff for winning it can be harder to deal with a loss. James Harrison from the Pittsburgh Steelers says you should...
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...I believe students should not receive participation awards after elementary school. People who win placing awards have worked hard for it, and with participation awards it takes away all of the hard work put into the competition. Not everyone needs an award for showing up to a competition. I can see how for elementary children why they would give out participation medals to get them interested in the sport, but at a certain point in life, those kinds of awards should be out of the running. The first reason we should get rid of participation awards is that when children receive them, it teaches kids that they should always be winning an award even if they don't deserve it. By getting a participation award kids expect to win all the time without trying or working hard for the award. "'Her daughter rarely showed up for her soccer team. She had a terrible attitude," Dweck says. In spite of that, "at the end she got a giant trophy and would have been devastated had she not'" says an article called "Should Kids Get A Trophy For Showing Up?" by NPR Ed (National Public Radio: Education) by Corey Turner. This quote explains how if you are always guaranteed an award, why would athletes or students want to try?...
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...it treats children involved in competitions. Trophies should convey an individual’s hard work, discipline, success and accomplishments. So why are there so much discussion around it, specifically for children? This phenomenon of giving a trophy for simply showing up is termed “Participation Trophy”. There are proponents who believe that this will bolster children’s confidence and motivate them to persevere. Conversely, opponents consider this practice damaging as it aids in encouraging a sense of entitlement and complacency in children. Vivian Diller’s “Do We All Deserve Gold? Setting Kids Up to Fail” highlights that this perception of all receiving a trophy is...
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...Children Should Be Allowed to Fail Nowadays, children are given medals for any and everything. Participation, consolation, 8th, 9th, and even 10th place awards. They are given above average grades for less than average work and given passing grades when they should have received failing ones. This way, they never feel like they have failed and no one is a loser. Is this something we should really be teaching our kids? Teachers are pressured to pass kids in school so they can continue teaching. The No Child left behind, and laziness of the workforce in education play a huge part in the declining value of a high school education. High school graduates are forced to go to college to get a decent job, and even then it is a huge gamble weather or not they will get work. The graduation rate of high school graduates have raised over the years. When I was growing up, there were no ‘consolation’ trophies because your team was last and teachers did not curve your bad grade because everyone else had a good grade. Earning a trophy – even for third place – was exciting because you or your team was good enough to beat the other kids. You tried harder and did better and got to stand with your trophy and certificate and have your fifteen minutes of fame as your parents took pictures and, subsequently, told their friends about your accomplishment and showed off the pictures and your award. I can remember a time when I was in middle school and I had a good friend that went by the...
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