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

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While some
peole
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people
 think that competition between
children
 is positive, others, suggest that it is better to teach them how to
work
 as a
team
. In
this
 essay, I will
analise
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analyse
 both views and give my opinion. We live in a very competitive society, where competing with other people is part of our daily life.
Hence
, it is important for
children
 to learn how to compete against others when they are at school, in order to be able to deal with
such
 situations once they are adult.
For example
, individual sports are a good method to explain to young students how to be competitive and how
this
 could be useful later in life. Many scientists believe that to be able to evolve as a human being there must be some rivalry involved.
However
,
although
 being competitive is important, another key aspect in our society is to be able to
work
 in a
team
 and cooperate with others to achieve a specific goal.
Accordingly
, teaching
to
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children
 how to engage with each other, will
definetively
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definitively
definitely
 help them in the future.
For example
, when some of them will
work
 in a
team
, they will surely be able to
work
 side by side with their colleagues. For
this
 reason, many companies organise special events for their employed, known as
team
bulding
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building
. In my opinion, both these aspects are crucial for every individual, especially when
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 learn them at a younger age, it would surely be an
advandge
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advantage
 later in life.
However
, for what concern competition, it is important that nobody is forced into it. In fact, many
children
 suffer from performance anxiety and
this
 is something you don't want to be responsible
of
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. To conclude, in
this
essay
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 it was discussed wheater it is better to encourage
children
 to
competiton
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competition
 or to teach them to collaborate with their classmates in order to be more productive once they are adults.
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