...Should Anyone Get trophies for just showing up As a kid no one wants to be left out that sucks, anyone who went to school gym class knows the anxiety of being picked last for a team. The same feelings happen when they are excluded from lunch, parties, and games. Also If someone plays an entire game, they have to be awarded with a trophy. Yet, if everyone gets one, it is not special or meaningful so it is okay if some teenagers get a participation trophy. Plus children should get trophies because, Trophies will help motivate kids to do their best in what they believe in. Participation ribbons should be handed out because everyone has to be included, trophies would get people motivated, people use trophies as way to acknowledge each players effort or contribution....
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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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...Let me take you back to 2008. I’m four, ending my first season of 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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...I think only the kids that try should get a trophy. Even though everyone gets a trophy, some kids work harder than others. I have a few reasons why I think this. All kids get a trophy for just showing up at a practice or a game. Even when you sign up to play. And you don’t go to any games or practices. Except for the last game of the season. When they hand out all of the trophies. I went to a game last year and there was this really good kid. He was the best player on the field. And when they did the awards. Everyone got an award, for participating. And he wasn’t happy. The kids that try should get a trophy. And the kids that don’t try shouldn't get a trophy. Well at least if you get first, second, or third you should get a trophy....
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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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...Awards for Everyone Society has made significant changes in the manner in which 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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...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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...Are Trophies For Everyone? Imagine winning an award thinking that all of your hard work finally paid off only to see that the person who doesn’t practice or pay attention received the exact same award. Giving out participation trophies may seem like a good idea at first, but they shouldn’t be given. To begin with, nothing in life will be handed to anyone. If someone wants to be a physician but doesn’t make an immense effort to be hired or study, they likely won’t get the job. If children are given an award for just showing up, when they grow up they could end up thinking that they should get the job just because they showed up to the interview. By just giving out awards for participation, it gives young children the impression that they are entitled to something, whether they earned it and worked hard for it or not. This leads to the next point....
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...Most people will try out at least one sport during their childhood whether they are good at it or not. I can remember playing soccer from the time I was in kindergarten all the way to the fifth grade, and after each game, everyone on the team was given snacks and a trophy. No matter if you scored the winning goal or just stood in defense daydreaming, you got a trophy. To some, that makes the reward less special, and at my age now, I agree, but as a child, those trophies made me happy and determined to play more. Betty Berden’s article, “Participation Trophies Send a Dangerous Message”, is all about how young teammates should only receive a trophy if they have actually earned it. She argues how the trophies do not mean as much to her knowing...
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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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...Imagine a child coming home with a trophy. Not only that, but their brother got one too! Accomplishment is visible in the way they walk, with heads held high and strides long. Getting home, their excitement is evident as they talk to their father. “We got trophies, dad!” The father smiles while looking for the title. The smile turns cold when he reads “Participation Award.” When Steelers outside linebacker James Harrison came home this is exactly what happened. He took his sons’ Next Level Athletics Student-Athlete Awards and posted on Instagram (Tomasi) captioning, “While I am very proud of my boys for everything they do and will encourage them till the day I die, these trophies will be given back until they EARN a real trophy.” Harrison...
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...Trophies are come in many forms. It may be given in the form of a shiny cup that is awarded as a prize for a victory or an extremely nice promotional at one’s work, but also could be rewarded to one in a miniscule way as well. A professor saying “good job on the paper” or a mom cooking one’s favorite food for helping her out that day, trophies are ultimately rewards in order to honor individuals for their successes and achievements. Although, trophies have both beneficial and also potentially harmful consequences to not only receiving them, but giving them as well. Personally, I believe that trophies are essential for success. Although, I do not think trophies in the sense of being rewarded a physical object is what leads to success, instead, it is through showing delayed gratification toward individuals who actually deserve to be acknowledged for...
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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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...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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...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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