Awards
Everyone is getting an award now. My director of operations told me that we should not give out awards for second place. I agree. Awards are important and different types of awards show different types of success. At an academic award banquet last night, certificates were given out to at least 200 hundred students. I am not sure what they were for (grade point average I think) but what occurred was fascinating. When the Seniors were called they started given out medallions for Seniors with a 3.0 or higher. Now that is a stretch. 3.0 in high school is a “getting out” gpa. The interesting part was that the students who scored a 4.0 and higher were not distinguished or set apart. No mention of Valedictorian or Salutatorian. No distinction made between the rest of the pack and the elite students. That sums up our rapid deterioration as a nation. Best is irrelevant now. Everyone is the same. Everyone does well so nobody is better than anyone else. That is not true. Those students who sacrificed studied and put in the time are better than the 3.0 student. They are not better people maybe but they are better students. Spreading out the accolades to every mediocre slacker who did enough to get a 3.0 is self-esteem crap. Our country has to stop diminishing the best for the self-esteem of the mediocre. The mediocre need to work harder or get left behind. If we started doing this maybe we can return to our shining example instead of the pathetic wimps we have become.AH
Cris on 20 May 2008 at 2:45 pm #
its so very true that being excellent or superiour to the rest is not held in as high regaurd as it once was, and its because they water it down by give everyone awards. This is even true in 4h club, when they give ribbions to the top 8 pigs, sheeps, hourses, whatever… There is one winner, and second place is the first losser. Striving for mediocre sucks, I wish they would stop teaching this nonsence, thats why Japan, China, etc.. Kick our teeth in, in just about everything, because they hold the #1 in high regaurd. Think about it, thats why every Chinese food takeout is called #1, they strive to be the best.
Richard on 20 May 2008 at 10:09 pm #
Preach it brother!
Mike on 21 May 2008 at 1:18 pm #
I agree! I was watchin George Carlin the other night and he made mention to the same idea.. Why timmy gets a trophy for being “the last first place winner” there are no more losers.. just last first place winners.. There is no motivation for these kids to try to accomplish anything, If you can half ass it and get the same results and the same reward, why would you work harder.. I sure wouldnt.. Screw making everything politically correct and making people feel good, when you guys where growing up and your dad beat ur tale, you knew you screwed up.. now that doesnt even happen without gettin arrested.. Whats happened to this world!!! No one will have any kind of character, cuz no matter how much of a loser you become, you will always be able to get some award!