In this world we give children ribbons, certificates, medals, and trophies for pretty much anything. You get last place in a race??? Oh.....well....ummm....you still get a trophy. When my 2 grandpas and my grandma were children they were very good at sports. My other grandma was a very high achieving scholar. We have a box of some of their trophies in my brothers closest and every once in a while I'll look through it. There are so many trophies in there!!! The only difference now is that they actually deserved all of those trophies. They were some of the best athletes in there province and my grandma actually became a teacher and won several awards. I have run in track meets where everyone gets a ribbon. They will only put 8 people in each long distance event so that everyone gets a ribbon. If a child gets an award for something they think they are good at it, they will think they don't need to improve. If children only get awards for first place then they will strive to do better so they can get the award. Soon trophies, ribbons, certificates, and medals won't mean anything because every kid has them.
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