Pure Contempt Is Not For Free

The first trophy that I have ever gotten was when I was nine years old. I won it at a wrestling tournament, “Show Me Nationals!” I remember this moment like it was yesterday. It was my second year wrestling when I got this trophy. I had to win a 64 man bracket, wrestling in total 6 matches in two days, 9 or more matches if I would have lost, thank GOD I didn’t. This trophy was a bit taller than me at the time, 3”9! The trophy was 4”7, so I wanted to carry it everywhere I went. It was blue and red with green elastic around it. The model on top of the whole thing was an eagle, the mascot of the college team where I wrestled at, that was my favorite part. The elastic was slick and shiny; I always wondered how did they make it so shiny. The eagle on the top wasn't very shiny it was more like a grey looking substance, but that didn’t bother me much. It was still cool looking. I took plenty of pictures with it, other people was also taking pictures of me with it,along with the other

All trophies are sources of memorabilia, not aids for grievous losses. Bob Cook states, trophies are “something to represent and remember the fun and learning that took place during that period of their life.” As a result, children can never get enough trophies. Furthermore Cook explains that he and his kids “enjoyed the experience of the season, including our kids’ delight to have something [inscribed] with their name on it that belonged to THEM.” Trophies actually impel a youngs to want

To start, trophies are a thing that was brought into this world for people who win a game. sociologist Hilary Levey Friedman says, "That first participation trophy, it does mean something, especially among the younger kids. The children see them more as symbols and remembrances of an experience," participation trophies are for people who earned it, not for people who didn't do anything on their team.

His eyes immediately narrowed, and he stopped chuckling. “How you be knowin’ my name now?” he said with his deep

“The trophy has to stand for something” says Brenda Lasevoli in the article “Should Everyone Get a Prize”. This is saying that if a person has so many trophies in their house that they running out of space, then the trophy will begin to lose its meaning and one would start to think nothing of any trophy. “They’ll soon realize that only one soccer team wins the World Cup, and only one football team wins the Super Bowl.” This shows that

I think that Ms Berden is right because as a kid I had a lot of trophies but i felt like I did not really earn them. “She said that trophies are like party favors” I Had five of them but that did not really matter to me and the thing is the trophies did not make me want to play nor did it make me feel better I was happy

Each time we were recognized, we were ecstatic. It was this tiring bonding experience that made our team one of the strongest in Anacortes High School’s history. Taking home first place in a majority of the competitions and the first gold ribbon awarded meant all our hard work had paid off. One of my proudest moments was almost dropping a trophy while attempting, and failing, to hold them all for a picture. To me, the trophies didn’t mean we were better than the other teams, they meant that in those three days, we proved we were a team worth watching, even though we were relatively small and came from a 2A high school. They meant we had survived and made the best of camp as a

“Um, yeah. I can show you my I.D. if you want,” you offered, finding his behavior a little odd.

Although many children will value a trophy when it’s have their size, I however did not. The Karata trophy I had supposedly won was in fact one of many over stock trophies that my instructor had claimed, but realized he didn’t have room for them. He decided to host a last minute tournament to get rid of them, which I entered and won. I really wasn’t the best and did random moves, but the trophy did make me feel great about myself. I still continue to keep the trophy depict this realization for whatever reason.

“Thanks, dear,” I said as I took it and set it in the door pocket. “See any sign of our van?”

O’Sullivan argues, “Supporters of such trophies state that trophies motivate kids to play, yet research shows that extrinsic motivation on its own can be harmful, not helpful.” ("The Great Trophy Debate.") O’Sullivan means that traditional trophies inspire young athletes to compete with excellence. A trophy signifies an accomplishment. Yes, it is wrong and harmful for an athlete to be solely motivated by winning a trophy. O’Sullivan argues, that is equally as harmful to remove this reward and act like a losing team is just as good as a winning team. Without competition, what are sports?

When I was about five to seven years old, I recall receiving a trophy at the end of every soccer season. What’s the problem? I’ll admit it. I did absolutely nothing worthy of an award. Now I realize that trophies don’t hold any sort of value nowadays. Now when trophies are being handed out to everyone, they lose their importance and can even cause problems in children.

"You have an A.I too. Jeez, do all Spartan II's have one?" I smiled and laughed a little.

He’s in my grade,” I said, “and he does right well. He’s a good boy,” I added, “a real nice boy. We brought him home for dinner one time. Maybe he told you about me, I beat him up one time but he was real nice about it. Tell him hey for me, won’t

When Santiago finally found the Pyramids, he follow the omen and found a place starting to find his treasure. There’s few people went by and grabbed the gold that Santiago had, although those gold was not there’s. It let me think about my childhood, my brother and I will take turn to watch TV, because we just had one TV in the house. When it’s my turn to watch TV, sometimes he would grab the controller and changed to the channel that he wanted to watch. He’s taller and older than me, there’s no way that I can win if we fight.