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RE: Are we really a "everyone gets a trophy" generation?

(10-16-2013 11:01 AM)Roboka Wrote:  
(10-04-2013 08:51 PM)alljoe3 Wrote:  So every now and then I hear this comment being thrown around in conversations. How times have changed and everyone is awarded a trophy these days. It is almost as if those of us who earn such awards through hard work and talent doesn't really deserve it. Is it our fault that we live in a time and place where there are so many different options of awarding school trophies, plaques and medals? I know this is how it is in Ontario where I am. Any thoughts?

For my school, sort of. Usually the popular kids or the "academically skilled" always are rewarded, and at the rare, different times, when the normally sidelined people ARE rewarded, the popular kids freak out. But then again, it is hard to tell because things are always changing when it comes to popularity, drama, etc.

Oh great. Popular kids winning these awards.
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