Posted on 08/26/2015 4:21:49 AM PDT by Kaslin
Then why are Lindsey Graham, Chris Chistie, Gilmoure and others running if there is no participation trophy?
Could stuff like this be why a Trump or a Cruz are running?
Another name for second place is FIRST LOSER.
Paul’s response? “You work or you don’t eat.”
The also-rans’ participation trophy is the donor cash they get to keep after they are defeated.
Gilmoure will walk away with a nice consolation prize of at least $50.
You totally let down the team and yourself..here have a trophy.
100%
Well said.
Just the progression of the progressive’s efforts to turn out future warriors into wimps! I am sure the more than 500 people on a train bound for Paris are happy and thankful that some American warriors took a dangerous matter into hand at the risk of their own lives rather than sit like sheep and wait for the inevitable, which is what the progressives would have cowered to.
This is a non-issue and nothing new. I grew up in the 80s and got participation trophies. We used the participation trophy to bribe our 4 year old son into playing soccer and now he is 6 and the league MVP. Never would have tried it without the trophy so for us it was a positive. Now I agree with the arguments against once they get a little older, but these kids aren’t stupid. They know they haven’t won anything. The new trend is not keeping score. That is far more dangerous.
Allen, thank you for using the term “free enterprise” and not the Marxist term “capitalism”.
Kill PC too. Run over it. Back up. Repeat over and over again. It works hand in hand with egalitarianism.
> Championships are earned in the crucible of contest on the field of competition. They have meaning. They are cherished. They are legacies passed on to inspire.
The author gets it. People use competition to excel and become the best they can be. This system has produced the best athletes, musicians, and artists since the beginning of time. It makes us strive to do better for ourselves. It is good for humanity to make us better. The leftists don’t like it because they’re uusally of the feminine type and non-athletic. I say to them go find something you’re good at and complete too; something like a spelling bee or chess champion. There’s nothing wrong with that either.
“When You Can’t Bug Out Trophy”
Several years ago, an old Army officer was talking about how his outfit would start bugout when they got the signal; the women in his outfit didn’t have enough upper body strength to load their heavy equipment in the trucks. There weren’t enough men in their outfit to fill in the gap. So, they just didn’t bug out. - Luckily, the enemy wasn’t incoming & it was just a drill. One day, it won’t be a drill.
THe not keeping score thing has value for kids who are 6-7 years old. Many of them can not swing the bat (too heavy), or catch and throw very well. There is no point in keeping score when you are trying to teach the fundamentals of the game.
At age 8+ they start keeping score and statistics.
I didn’t begin playing baseball (t-ball/coach pitch) until I was in the spring of 2nd grade. My oldest son started in the “older” league this spring (2nd grade) and did very well because he was strong enough to swing, had good eye/hand to catch, and could throw fairly well. He has experience for the previous years “no score” leagues. His team (had the best record overall) lost in the second round of the playoffs and didn’t make it to the championship game.
My youngest was in a “no score” league because he was not strong enough to swing for the fences, could throw OK, but catching was problematic. Attention span for these ages is also very low.
They gave out participation trophies at both levels, and the kids value them. It makes them want to play again the following year.
I don’t detest the practice, but it wasn’t what I grew up with.
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