#HarrisonFamilyValues

[*PhilHos*]

(08-22-2015, 12:27 AM)Nately120 Wrote: As long as a participation trophy is different/worse than a 1st place trophy what is the harm?  Why do we give students grades of B through D?  It should all be A's or F's!  If you didn't get an A you are a failure, right?

If we give students grades below A they are going to think getting anything less than an A is "ok" and then no one will try to get A's!  Did James Harrison get straight A's in school or did he get a 2.0 or something and then he was simply allowed to skate by because he was "participating" in school?  It doesn't matter because he didn't need school for his career, so who cares?

My point is, no matter how much you win and abhor the idea of awarding people for simply trying I would bet my left nut there is something you are NOT totally awesome at that you've been given as "Meh, good enough" sort of pass on whether you know it or not.  Someone pointed out that James Harrison was a mere participant as a Bengal, so until he gives that paycheck back he's just being a bit too selective on this one.  Also, I hate him...so there's that.

Again, we're talking about COMPETITION here. Grades are not supposed to be used to compare one student to another, but rather are supposed to quantify a student's knowledge of a particular subject.