In some countries today, children are taught from a young age that competition is important and that winning is everything. Is this a positive or a negative development?

Many are currently holding the view that youngsters should be instructed

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importance of

competition

and winning in some parts of the world.

While

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trend might benefit children

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their adult life, I believe the negatives would far outweigh the

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. There are several advantages why young people should learn how essential

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competition

and winning are.

Firstly

, as victory was set to be the first priority,

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objective is more likely to push children to the limit and

therefore

they can come up with many creative ideas, which encourage them to outplay their opponents during

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As a result

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idea can contribute to boosting their creativity and confidence at the later stage of their life.

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amount of achievement the young gain from

competition

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can

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make way for their brighter future.

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, if high school students win a national academic tournament named “Path to Olympia” in Vietnam, they will be immediately offered a full scholarship from

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20 Australian universities.

However

,

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trend might be disadvantageous in several ways. The very first and utter reason is that since the mindset is winning

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, those who do not achieve high academic performance at school can use any means to win even cheating

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exams.

This

repeating action would gradually drag youngsters into a dark way and likely turn them into criminals as adults. The second rationale is that if children achieve many awards at a very young age, they might become

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confidence

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and even

arrogance

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, which might lead them to the fact that they will have less motivation to

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their horizons in the future. The final reason is that leadership and teamwork skills should be taught as crucial as winning. Those abilities will facilitate young people in new working settings requiring cooperation. In conclusion, it is understandable that individuals should be guided wining is necessary in every

competition

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of

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trend might be far worse than

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