Some people think that a sense of competition in children should be encouraged. Others believe that children who are taught to co-operate rather than compete become more useful adults. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

There is no doubt that young generation needs to learn

working

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to work

with each other

in addition

to relentlessly pursuing their goals. People who believe in goal setting and

fulfillment

a feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires

fulfilment

argue that

competition

is an indispensable quality.

However

, I tend not to agree with

this

concept as I find team

work

more useful and effective. On the one hand, there is a line of thought that learning to compete at an early age develops various abilities in an individual which can be quite useful in the education and the

work place

a place where work is done

workplace

. Practices

such

as working harder by comparing oneself with others are usually learnt at an early age.

For example

, a child participating in a sport judges his performance after comparing it with the other children.

This

makes his game better and gives him confidence of performing at a higher level of sport. Despite the advantages of

competition

, we must take into consideration its various drawbacks. I believe that

competition

is addictive, and it makes a person compare himself with his teammates.

Moreover

, as most businesses and real-life

work

is accomplished by teams, it becomes a serious limitation as one grows and takes on more responsibility. To illustrate, we can visualize

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a picture

the picture

of an organization in which departments fight among each other and thereby, fail to meet overall strategic objectives. Alternatively, if children are taught to

work

with others, they can develop qualities like mutual respect, helpfulness and kindness.

Such

abilities would serve them once they take on

challenges

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the challenges

of real life. To summarize, cooperation and

team

cooperative work done by a team (especially when it is effective)

teamwork

work

is

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are

the basis of successful

work

and relationships, which obviously is vital for individual well-being. Giving more precedence to the

competition

may look like a natural choice, but it can result in

ineffectiveness

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ineffective

and short-sightedness in later stages of one’s life.