Competition: The Positive And Negative Effects Of Competition

From a young age, parents and teachers encourage children to compete. Teachers give preschoolers stickers for coloring the best, parents reward their children for being the top of the class, and teams get trophies for winning competitions. According to the book Remix, such reward systems are meant to motivate people to be competitive and do their best work (Latterell 185). However, some people worry that too much competition is not always beneficial. Specifically, New York Times states that “watching a peer receive a trophy and not receiving one yourself can be degrading” (Abate). People are encouraged to be competitive, but competition has positive and negative effects such as raising the bar for people to work harder, making expectations

People are encouraged to be competitive, but competition can have positive and negative effects such as raising the bar for people to work harder, making expectations too high, preparing people for the future, and causing some people to go against ethical standards. Competition has been embedded in people’s lives ever since they could grasp the concept of competing, and competition can motivate people to success or crumble under the

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