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oh it works fine. just don't worry about. it'll get taken care of.
Ok. If it works, it works.
oh it works fine. just don't worry about. it'll get taken care of.
I agree they'd rather do that, but why should they get a free trip to Main Event if they didn't win anything?
THAT'S WAY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN A TROPHY AND A LEAGUE ISN'T JUST GOING TO FORK OVER VOUCHERS FOR A BUNCH OF KIDS TO GO APE IN MAIN EVENT.
I don't really equate party with trophy.
You get a trophy, you feel like you won something.
if the league is that poor, I don't suggest trophies at all.
Maybe some certificates from Dollar Tree
trophies are pretty cheap. way cheaper than pizza and some games. It sounds like you're trying to talk people into taking a bunch of children to Main Event so you can watch.
it's a nice memento to have in your room as a kid. i don't see the problem.
what's really re ed are preschool and kindergarten graduations.
Says who?
K, if [i] get a trophy, [i] feel like [i] won something.
It's the basic dictionary definition of "trophy"
we're not really talking about trophies. we're talking about "tryphies". they don't have a place on them for the younger kids. but they have little words of motivation.
"you did well"
"nice effort"
"good game"
things of that nature. so the kid can put it on his shelf and read it when he wants.
tbh, if society was more willing to give out tryphies, we might have less people sitting around doing nothing with the at ude of, "hey...why should I try...I'm not getting anything (paycheck, food, etc)."
Why should I try if I'm getting a "tryphy" that says I did good?
the tryphy doesn't say you did good.
You must not have had any sense of compe ion as a kid. Did you play sports?
I have no problem with participation trophies, pizza parties or any combination of hem. I think completing a season of practices and games is an accomplishment for little kids and acknowledging it is no big deal and may even encourage the behavior of starting something and seeing it to the end. Kids are pretty smart and before middle school they pretty much know it's just symbolic because there can only be one real winner in a compe ion. At least I haven't encountered anyone yet who thinks a trophy they won as a kid means anything.
Smh you said it says "good game"
yes and yes.
Irrelevant to the tryphy
I don't have a problem either way. I hope there isn't a point where people are demanding participation tryphies because their kids feelings might get hurt without one.
yes...the tryphies are customizable for each kid
one might say, "you're the best"
another might say, "getting better"
or yet another, "good game"
if there was a kid who came out and gave minimal effort, his tryphy might say, "try harder next time".
Need some don't-tryphies
"bad almanac list"
"you do......0......here"
"leave the kids in Olongapo alone"
I remember participation trophies...I was always embarrassed to get them as a kid. I remember in swim meets whoever got 1st place got a blue ribbon, 2nd a red, and 3rd a green. And then everyone else got yellow ribbons. Well every time I got a yellow ribbon I would crumple it up right in front of whoever gave it to me. That said I was a very poor sport and HATED losing, but still, nobody wanted a ing yellow ribbon.
Last edited by TheyCallMePro; 08-21-2014 at 06:42 PM.
Not everyone gets a trophy in*James Harrison's house, as the*Pittsburgh Steelers*outside linebacker wrote on Instagram on Saturday. Harrison is taking away his kids' participation trophies because he wants them to "EARN a real trophy."Explaining his position, Harrison said he's proud of his two sons and will always encourage them. But the "2015 Best of the Batch Next Level Athletics Student-Athlete Awards" are going back.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13...-awards-earned
pretty nice trophies
I used to be anti-participation trophies but I'm somewhere in the middle now. For younger kids, I think it's fine and even maybe necessary. With everything there is now competing for their time, a trophy is what sometimes keeps a 5 or 6 year old coming back to play. Keeps them active a little longer and gives them enough time to know if they're going to want to stick with it or not.
As for older kids, most of them know the difference between getting a participation trophy and winning a division.
Much ado about nothing IMO.
"self-esteem" movement, participation trophies are trying to avoid people from being hurt, traumatized, embarrassed by not winning a game, a contest, by not being the best student in a class or whatever. ing stupid, assumes people are so fragile, can't handle defeat, adversity, etc. just ing stupid.
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