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Healthy competition can be defined as competition to motivate an individual to do her best and learn life skills in a nondestructive manner (Pawel). Therefore, children must be exposed to healthy competition because of its ability to teach children essential skills for the future. Because it teaches children how to recover from a loss, how to perform under pressure and teaches them the importance of working as a team, healthy competition is necessary to develop useful skills for the child 's future; however, competition can also be seen as more of a destructive or unnecessary aspect of a child 's activities.

Many students of color often fall victim to learning in under budgeted schools, or when they do seek to receive a great education, they are put in places where they feel like they do not belong. In the TED talk titled “How students of color confront imposter syndrome,” speaker Dena Simmons presents the issue of the “price” that many students pay for learning while not white. Simmons successfully presents her argument by using powerful, emotionally-engaging personal stories, adding subtle statistics to back up her claims, and brings it home by showcasing how her experiences lead to a career in teaching, which aids in establishes her credentials.

This proves that playing competitive sports is good for the youth and it can also benefit them by playing on a team. It also gives them a lot of life skills such as confidence that they will use later on in their life when they have a job. Lucy Calkins is an expert in writing and in her article “Get Off That Couch and Play!” she also says that, “Students learn important life skills such as how to accept criticism, how to handle oneself under the pressure of competition, how to work hard toward a goal, how to win and lose graciously” (2014). In addition, to Lucy Calkins article “Get Off That Couch and Play!” that later in life if an adult is at a job interview they will need confidence while they are being interviewed, otherwise they probably won’t get the job. Adults and Children also need to work hard to get towards a goal. Like if someone is at their job and their boss needs something right away, they must get it done and not day dream. In the article “Pros and Cons of Sports Competition at High School Level,” education researcher and writer Grace Chen says, “When children and teens participate in group competitions and activities, they learn skills that

In Hannah Pandels’s article, Healthy Competition is Good for Children, she makes the statement that it, competition, is a necessary and essential part of our society today. This article was written partly in response to numerous other articles stating the opposite but one was singled out. The American author Alfie Kohn. Now this fits into the childhood development debate that has been ongoing lately regarding the theory that today’s kids are more entitled to things and have less problem solving skills then previous generations. With that back ground she begins to vocalize her thoughts regarding the issue. Her thesis is clear, it is in the title for goodness sakes, that competition is a normal part of growing up and it is essential to the proper development of children. She states “competition breeds excellence” (Pandel) this simple statement engulfs the

Statsky argues that, with college admissions, grades and especially jobs being very competitive some parents could argue that it is never too early for competition. Nonetheless, it is also important to work side by side to be successful in life. May be just until children are emotionally ready for competition, perhaps we should draw more attention to working together and independently performance in team sports rather than

The author also stated that competition can be introduced to students at any age to alleviate them from being academically lazy. The author also explained the pitfalls of competing. Such reasons listed were stress and anxiety, conflicts and disunity.

Competition allows the students to look up towards their peers who work hard and helps them strive to do the same. It can also give them the opportunity to learn to be gracious losers and accept their defeats in life. Competition in the classroom does help students in this aspect, but the positives get outweighed by the mental and educational losses involving competition. Losing a significant amount of sleep and having a mental breakdown does not make competition worthwhile in the classroom to teach a lesson about being gracious

What students don’t enjoy a little competition now and again? It is almost an incentive for students to compete amongst each other. They like the idea of having a challenge, especially one that will require them to think fast and prove their skills and will prove that they are superior to their peers academically. Students strive to win by being the smartest or fastest on an academic task. Competition encourages students to strive for excellence and prepares them for college because college classes are competitive

One reason competitive sports should be encouraged is that it builds character. According to the ‘Sports and Health in America’, “ …the players confidence increased…” and “…feelings of hopefulness amongst the young people also increased…” (Sports and Health in America) This evidence is significant because it shows how the players confidence and hopefulness increases when they do sports. Even though some people say competitive sports degrade players, in reality teamwork can only do good. In ‘XYZ news’ it stated “The competition is bad and degrades players.” (Everdeen) But in reality , teamwork can only do good. At the end of the day it boils down to the child. Imagine if you were

Competition can be healthy when it provides feedback to kids about their performance and improvement, when winning is not the primary objective and when kids get to learn about themselves under challenging situations. That way, win or lose, children will learn, grow and be better prepared for life which provides continual opportunities to play well with others and treat opponents with dignity and

In today’s society, children are immersed in the culture of competition. This can be seen in all aspects of children lifestyles: games, sports, classroom settings, etc. Competition can be healthy in moderation, but too often children are only taught to win. However, the long-term consequences of such a competitive culture are seldom thought of by parents. Placing too much emphasis on winning can destroy a child’s view on hard work and team play, as well as destroy self-esteem and confidence later on in life. In our society, competition is not beneficial for kids and must be discouraged, or we risk raising a generation grown on false hope.

In the following novel I felt surprised when the author tackled the subject of competition. I always thought as being competitive a good thing, since it helps stretch your abilities. I was once told that too much of something can arise to be deleterious. According to “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens” on page 155 it states that, “Competition becomes dark when you tie your self-worth into winning or when you use it as a way to place yourself above another.” People are more familiar with this concept through all the technology we have today. For example, there’s always that one movie that has the head competitor in the athletics team using their winning attitude to put themselves above the people who are not that athletic and focus

Firstly, competition can help children. Kids are given an incentive, to win, and will try to improve as much as they can to meet this goal. In a study conducted in 1999 found “children in a competitive play longer than those in a non-competitive environment and have a greater sense of competence” (Source B). This reveals that children will have the incentive to keep learning when they are in a competitive environment than when they are in a non-competitive one.

In the article “The Case Against Competition,” Alfie Kohn states that competition stands for that particular person or group can succeed, if and only if, everybody else must fail while doing an activity. “The best amount of competition for our children is none at all” (Kohn). Furthermore, being competitive may bring low self-esteem because if a child isn’t particularly great in a sports other children in the same sport may identify him or her as not being useful or trying hard enough; Another way a child could harbor thoughts that he or she must win to make others proud such as, friends, coaches, companion, and family. For an example, in the article, The Case Against Competition, Alfie Kohn had spoken to a young boy, Kyle, who started to play tennis at a young age, but when Alfie heard a question that was asked directly to Kyle during the end of the show, “someone in the audience asked him how he felt when he lost. Kyle lowered his head and in a small voice replied, ‘Ashamed.’” (Kohn) A child may observe or think that,

I used to work with children with IDD, doing in home school building. I think that children with learning disabilities can be mainstreamed with standard classes and should not be at certain times of their schooling process. I feel it is a great idea to have separate classes and allow the child with a IDD additional consideration, such as due date modifications and extra time on test. I feel it is important to give children growing up what they need in order succeed in the world, and giving that child extra time to grasp and learn information can work out for the best. I strongly feel, the only time that children with a learning disability should be mainstreamed with a standard class, if they are showing tremendous progress in remedial classes and displays that they can uphold the same responsibilities as the other children in the standard class. It is not a smart thing to just mainstream these two types of classes together, because it runs the risk of creating other issues in their lives and academic failures, it needs to be a smooth transition from one type of learning to the next.