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.

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is very competitive and often it is debated topic if it is more important to teach
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kids to be more competitive with each other or,
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, if it is more useful for
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to teach them to cooperate to achieve better results. Both points of view have pros and cons
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if I consider more interesting the cooperation to create a more equal
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. Nowadays, kids already live in an overly competitive
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. Indeed, since the early years of
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they are requested to be competitive to reach the highest rank in every subject and to have the best opportunities at the university and in the world of jobs. School stimulates the best to achieve even better results without worrying about those who are in difficulty.
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, competition makes them more independent because they rely on themselves because they know that nobody else will be there to do their duties. In my opinion, it would be much more useful and productive for
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to encourage cooperation and reduce competition in order to grow better people capable of reaching high levels of knowledge but
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closer to those who are in difficulty. A child who has learned to cooperate rather than compete with other people will be an adult capable of achieving excellent results
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contributing to the growth of
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as a whole. In conclusion, I would prefer a company that believes in cooperation but, if competition is not pushed to excesses, it can
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become a tool for personal growth.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • encourage
  • compete
  • cooperate
  • useful
  • adults
  • skills
  • motivation
  • drive
  • resilience
  • failure
  • workplace
  • empathy
  • social skills
  • reduce
  • stress
  • pressure
  • balanced
  • approach
  • ideal
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