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    Participation trophies are a widely spread topic‚ some people argue that children do not learn valuable life lessons by receiving participation awards. Contrarily‚ people argue that children need participation trophies to help fuel children’s want to do better to win “1st Prize‚ or 2nd Prize‚ etc.” Three separate articles were written by Ashley Merryman‚ Betty Berdan‚ and Parker Abate‚ discussing participation trophies. Merryman and Berdan debate that participation trophies are harmful to young

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    Almost all parents love to see their kid succeed in activities. Some parents are outraged that their kids are getting participation trophies instead of real trophies. Recently there has been a huge controversy over‚ should kids (especially younger ones) get participation trophies? I believe that kids should earn their trophies and not just get a trophy for showing up. Ashley Merryman‚ New York City author of a book titled “Losing is Good for You” says that she would rather have kids realize that

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    Miller’s Death of a salesman uses Biff’s trophy to symbolize Willy’s paternal downfall. The trophy’s placement and history and Biff’s passionate remarks respectively prove the claim. Arthur Miller uses the trophy’s placement and history to illustrate it as a symbolism for Willy’s paternal downfall. Although trophies typically flaunt success and victory‚ this trophy ironically epitomizes Willy’s downfallen paternal relationship. Biff’s “athletic” (football) trophy alludes to a time when Willy’s paternal

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    receiving these “Participation trophies” for just showing up at an event. Is this right or wrong? These schools‚ as well with many other youth associations‚ are rewarding children trophies. There are many statistics that show both sides of this argument. People are starting to take things too far with the whole “reward everyone” and leaving no children or adults out of an event. It’s getting ridiculous. So the question being asked here is “Should kids get a trophy for participation?” and here is

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    Annual prize distribution | | | |The program is about to commence. We need no musical interlude. Therefore you are requested to switch off your mobile phones. | |

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    decades‚ participation trophies have been handed out like candy‚ regardless of how well a child has done in his competition. Lately‚ this has been a hotspot for debate. I believe that this practice shields children from the reality that they are not the best at everything‚ and do not always win. However‚ supporters of participation trophies argue that these trophies help build self esteem‚ and that they can be reminders of fond childhood memories. \Participation trophies can help undermine child’s

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    Discourage children from improving Denies winners exclusive recognition Essential to a child’s development http://isscd.org/reflections/should-all-kids-get-a-participation-trophy-rethinking-rewards-in-youth-sports/ http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/07/29/336301660/should-kids-get-a-trophy-for-showing-up Participation trophies discourage young children from improving and puts them at an increased risk of becoming entitled. “If everyone is special‚ then no one is. If everyone

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    youth athletes are playing more team sports lately‚ people find that there are benefits of playing team sports. Now a days youth athletes are getting participation trophy for the hard working and the ones that only kick the ball once. there are parents that even get in the way to share on the internet‚ but I can say that participation trophies are not that bad.Propenets of participation awards stared that it was worth a few bucks to give youth athletes a smile.

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    get be given trophies simply for participating.” By teaching this to kids at a young age will reflect on their adult life. Even when people that are taught this at a young age are in the workforce and fail at something‚ they still think it will be

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    Participation Conjuring

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    Dear Principal‚ Participation trophies have been put in place in order to make everyone feel like a winner and equal in sports. Yet‚ some believe that this is awarding prizes to those who are at a lower skill level than the better players. Trophies are significant because they represent being the best out of all the competition‚ they are supposed to reflect on the athletes ability. Trophies shouldn’t be awarded to everyone because it removes their significance‚ it awards those who do the least‚ and

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