Benefits Of Losing For Losing

In “Losing is Good for You”, Ashley Merryman instills the idea that society celebrates the essence of success that children achieve in any aspect of their life whether they deserve it or not. Merryman further explains that by celebrating success or, more importantly, the idea that every child is a winner, society takes away the fundamental ideas of hard work. Merryman states that as society limits the opportunity for children to experience failure, this leads to the destruction of the core beliefs of what is the true meaning of winning is and undermines overall determination, and it lowers the desire for children to work hard.

Only winning in your life will not make you more interesting than others; for example, if you are a pilot and you are the champion because you win all the car races, fanatics will love you and you will be the best for them, but what happens if they get to know you in your personal life and you drink almost all the time out of the racetrack? That will be your stand for them now, as an alcoholic. That´s exactly the difference between taking stands and winning; winning is momentary because we will lose many times in our lives

The poem by President Theodore Roosevelt “Man in The Arena” has themes and traits that have greatly impacted the shape of human identity, one of which is the difference between a winner and a loser. President Theodore Roosevelt generalizes an overall theme, which in conclusion is that a winner is somebody that is willing to stay to the end and never give up, no matter how hard or painful it becomes. He claims that a winner has to be able to endure hardship and tribulations. Winning and losing have been leading factors in the world for many years, playing a role in shaping human identity. Winning has shaped the United States of America economically, socially, and morally. Our great nation was founded on the principles of winning. The United States of America leads the rest of the world altogether in terms of

Winning is something that you haft to work hard to do.its also something you can brag about. Winning is also something you can choose to do. Winning is something everyone can do but standing up is something most want do.

Expectation is everything. I don’t believe that a person should go into something expecting to win or lose. The end is so important to me because it is the conclusion to something. Winning is great, it boosts confidence and brings so much joy. At the same time

In conclusion, winning is always a great way to end a competition but it isn’t the only option. By accepting and expecting defeat a person will learn to have self confidence. In which teaches them to never abandon hope. Hanging on to hope allows people to not be ashamed of losing. Without shame or embarrassment everyone is truly enjoying the time spent with his/her

Children learn the most through trial and error. Ashley Merryman agrees, saying, “It’s through failure and mistakes that we learn the most” (Merryman). As a famous author about child psychology Merryman uses a philosophical position to convey to the audience about the importance of letting children lose to help them grow and become better people. She also states that “we’re teaching kids that losing is so terrible that we can never let it happen” (Merryman). She continues that this destructive message is teaching kids react more towards losing instead of celebrating their success. Also that it is not okay to lose. Kids should know that not receiving participation trophies is okay, and that it helps them do better.

Rewarding winning has been a part of human society from the beginning, we give the spoils and riches to the winner and higher bidder. While the loser finds they might need to practice a little

In the article “Dangers of an ‘everyone gets a trophy’ culture?” Ashley Merryman interviews thirty seven children to see what they think about participation trophies. One kid, Levey Friedman, said to Ashley Merryman “Well, I kind of purposely played in this esiar one because I knew I would win and now I don’t really count that as a real victory because I went in and I knew it was below my level.” In other words Levey Friedman only played on the lower level sports team to win. One year when I played soccer we only won one out of thirteen games. At the end of the year we got our trophies and awards and now every time I see the soccer trophy it just reminds me of how bad our team was and how bad we did that season. Kids know when a sport is below their level so it's dangerous to think that everyone's a

As a matter of fact, one of my greatest baseball successes is winning an all-star tournament with my baseball team and fellow baseball players. Winning is really a better feeling than losing to me, I don't know about anybody else that plays baseball, but a win is a win to me. Winning will make anyone feel like they are sitting on top of the world, even if they are in the

Children are better with dealing with failure when it is visibly present; making them accept defeat and helping gain the necessary tools to deal with that defeat and overcome it. Vaughn Carney suggests that, “Losing is not pleasant, but in a competitive society such as ours, losing forces one to stop, think, regroup, and improve. It is past time to end the “self-esteem” game. We must ground our children in the real world and how it works.” If we build our children’s self-esteem up by giving them trophies then when they lose they are less likely to take it as easy as if they had been accustom to failing. If a child fails then when they reach adulthood they will be able to deal with those failures appropriately instead of feeling like a complete failure. Not to mention, they will be more likely to overcome their failures and use them as stepping-stones to improve their

Participation trophies are not good for athletes. It has been acknowledged, “But it’s not just the “losers” we need to worry about; it’s the “winners” too. Phrases like “You’re a winner” or “You’re a natural” can actually be toxic to how kids deal with losing” (Fader). If young athletes get used to winning all of their childhood when they lose the children will not be able to cope with the feeling of defeat. If children earn their awards through competition, they will want to keep winning and work harder, which will develop a great work ethic. Long time coaches know what it takes to win: “I coach tons of world-class athletes, and the pride they feel from a big win does not come from a ring, or a trophy, and it does not come from someone

Winning gives you an incomparable feeling of joy and accomplishment; it is one of the best feelings in the world (Winning Isn't Everything, It's the Only Thing). “Winning does build confidence especially when that winning represents a true accomplishment; (i.e., I've beaten a worthy opponent),” says David A. Feigley (The Role of Winning in Youth Sports).

“I never lose, either I win or learn”.-Pat Conroy. Although winning may feel good ,or prove you to be successful; most winning teams often don’t worry about the wrongs that they or their opponents did, while the losing team's focus more on the rights and of themselves or the rights and wrongs of themselves and their opponents. Do we really learn more from winning, or is losing better for some teams.

In this world whether we like it or not to get what we wanted, or to be happy we have to work hard for it. We have to compete. When one loses it’s sad and winning/success is also pleasurable. Winning/success or losing/failure in the competition is part of the game. However, if I would choose to plug myself into the experience machine for a continuous pleasure or to avoid pain that comes as a result of failure, isn’t that amount to giving up on real life? Isn’t that amount to being a loser?