Goals, and Achievement

elvisroy0000 · Dec 13, 2012

setting Goals and Achievement are Necessary For success, this is why i hate These Childrens Games where they do not keep score, and i encourage the Children to do so. when you have games with No score you are promoting Mediocrity Period dont be surprised when your Child Grows up, and doesnt get
a Job

tecoyah · Dec 13, 2012

elvisroy0000 said:
setting Goals and Achievement are Necessary For success, this is why i hate These Childrens Games where they do not keep score, and i encourage the Children to do so. when you have games with No score you are promoting Mediocrity Period dont be surprised when your Child Grows up, and doesnt get
a Job

I see...so we should simply disregard the percentile of our population that happens to fall below your decided upon acceptance level, and focus on those that do, unless I mistake your position.

Welcome to the 47% club.....and the ire of the 53%.

David · Dec 13, 2012

I have to side with Roy on this subject. By all means give everyone a fair chance at success but stupid and weak is stupid and weak. If it can't be fixed (and serious effort should be made to fix it), then it must be pruned least it poison others.

myp · Dec 13, 2012

I am going to take another angle at this by saying that the statements you all are making are way too broad. In some things, points count, in others they don't. We should've try to put everyone in the same sort of activities or classes because everyone is different. At the same time, every single thing does not have to be a competition either. I think the best thing might just be to not worry about this "problem" at all and let things work themselves out. Focus on other things like outcomes. Everything else will balance itself out.

blurinoctober · Dec 25, 2012

Wait. You're comparing children playing a simple game to their success as adults? I see this making sense with certain things, but I don't see how it makes sense with a simple thing as not keeping score in simple games. You can teach your children how to work hard and still let them play how they wish.

bluefig · Dec 25, 2012

myp said:
I think the best thing might just be to not worry about this "problem" at all and let things work themselves out. Focus on other things like outcomes. Everything else will balance itself out.

This seems to be wishful thinking to me. When not allowing games of competition or removing competition from the games, we are teaching our kids that everyone is equal in all things, no matter their skills and inclinations, which is simply not true and may hinder them in life.

Ideas DO matter. How does this falsehood help children? What "outcome" should we be focusing on when it comes to games of competition that have been altered so that no one can win or lose?

myp · Dec 25, 2012

bluefig said:
When not allowing games of competition or removing competition from the games, we are teaching our kids that everyone is equal in all things, no matter their skills and inclinations, which is simply not true and may hinder them in life.

First of all I never suggested there should be no competition, but merely that everything does not need to be competition. That aside, what is your proof for this bold claim?

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