Everyone Gets A Trophys Analysis

In almost everything we do, there is a winner and a loser, but society seems to think that giving out participation trophies is a great idea, even though it’s a flawed way of rewarding. In competitive activities, trophies are the reward for putting in the hard work into whatever you’re competing for and placing first, second, or third. The concept of “everyone gets a trophy,” whether you win or lose, is an insult for the victor... A trophy for everyone is not the best way to create a message that will help improve character development and humility. Moreover, teaching this next generation to learn how to lose is very important and is not discussed enough. The message will either make or break you, but that’s a risk that must be taken to progress and better the youth.

Losing is a vital part of our personal development during our childhood and adolescent years. Learning how to lose with humility and maturity is something that many would rather avoid, so they never take risks and rarely work hard for anything. Ultimately, this attitude will have a negative impact on your character. Giving out participation trophies hinders the character development for young kids, as it does not give them the chance to realize that they lost, and it negates an opportunity to reveal how they might deal with losing. Society may think they are protecting everyone’s feelings if we have the “everyone is a winner” mentality, while not knowing the long-term consequence to that is making kids believe later in life they will always be a winner and will be rewarded, regardless of how mediocre they are, which isn’t how the real world works. This is the impression we are placing upon them with giving out participation