It seems in this day and age everyone getting a trophy for participation is all the rage. Instead of the brightest, hardest-working, athletically strong receiving recognition, we reward recognition for just showing up. It wasn’t always this way.
At my eighth-grade graduation, the typical awards ceremony took place. Smartest. Best musician. Best athlete. The ceremony went on for what seemed an eternity. I wasn’t the smartest. I wasn’t artistic. I was an athlete but not the best. The final award given was for All-Around Student. The one who excelled across all disciplines. Not the best, but excelling across multiple disciplines. It was not even on my radar screen. I was raised to always do my best at whatever I chose to participate in and be satisfied with knowing that I gave maximum effort.
Amen. The lunacy taking place in out school systems today does not bode well for the future. Sports games with no scoring, and everyone gets an 'A' is a total detachment from reality being practiced by the pretend world of academia.
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Amen. The lunacy taking place in out school systems today does not bode well for the future. Sports games with no scoring, and everyone gets an 'A' is a total detachment from reality being practiced by the pretend world of academia.
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