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I don't know if I've tweeted this before, but participation trophies are objectively good to give to children and I'm tired of pretending they're not 🧵 @christapeterso/1651884727664799744Permalink On twitter.com
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When I was in sixth grade, I played on my school's basketball team. I didn't play on a team like the other kids, so I wasn't as good. They were supposed to give every kid equal time since the game was just for fun, but they took me off the team to play better kids insteadPermalink On twitter.com
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From that moment until, pretty much last year, I decided I was "bad at sports". I pretty much never exercised again. In 10th grade, I ran a 13 minute mile and I was convinced that was the best I could do. Today I can do ~9 minute fairly consistently, and even ~8 if I push myselfPermalink On twitter.com
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"But Mo that's just you!" Is it though? How many people "can't draw" because because they lost a kindergarten art competition? How many people "can't do math" because they didn't get their fractions homework that one time and cried? A lot. I bet one of these is youOn twitter.com
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Children aren't stupid. They don't think a participation trophy is the same thing as actually winning. But they do need help learning that failing at a thing one time does not mean they will never be able to do that thing ever. Hence the participation ribbonPermalink On twitter.com
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The right believes in biological determinism. If kid A is doing well in math and kid B is struggling, conservatives believe B is biologically inferior to A. They hate participation trophies bc they think giving B a participation trophy will make B delusionalPermalink On twitter.com