Forget Trophies Let Kids Know It's O. K To Rape Analysis

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The nobel prize, sought by many for the level of prestige that it contains. People often spend years investing in a product for such an achievement, but would it be treated with the same degree of wonder if everyone received a nobel prize? Of course not, and children, to no surprise, are intelligent enough to see this. With such a vast majority of awards in today's academic atmosphere being handed out so willingly, it is understandable why many, including Ashley Merryman an author of multiple pediatric books and the article “Forget Trophies, Let Kids Know it’s O.K. to Lose,” believe it has a negative effect on children. My opinion aligns mostly with Marryman, but also reaches to the opinions of the opposition in some specific situations. Merryman, an author of two books pertaining to her objective somewhat promoting an ethos appeal, is against the use of participation trophies. Her objective is to rid the role these objects have in a child’s life in regards to how they might view losing. The audience she reaches out toward is any adult who is affiliated with children. To …show more content…

Priceman believes that participation awards will only make the nation a group of wimps if the adults make it seem as such. He also hints that competitiveness is not affected by the participation awards, but rather how they are taught to react to it determines how competitive they will become. Priceman has thoughts that lay with the idea that participation awards should not be the focus, but rather on participation as a whole and if theses awards contribute even slightly to a child's self-esteem, than the awards should continue to be granted. He however does not acknowledge Merryman's evidence that participation trophies do not benefit children with low self-esteem. With this being what the opposition to the argument Marryman, Berdan, and I

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