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05 Oct 2023 15:37

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Parents should encourage fair competition among students

Competition among the students is a common process of education. This competition must be fair. This type of competition develops many skills among the students. I have seen many times students want to share different things with their friends or classmates but parents do not allow them to do so. Sometimes parents encourage the students to use unfair means to win the competition.

Students are innocent but we teach them different types of unfair means to win the competition.
Members, please share your opinions on what you think about this.

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#775197

05 Oct 2023 18:21

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There is a saying in Sanskrit which means that enmity will increase education. When a student is doing good in his studies, his enemy tries to overtake him by concentrating on his studies and hard work. A competition will develop. They both will always try to overtake each other. That is why they say ' Spardhathe Vidya'.
When there is friction, fire will come. Similarly, when there is competition the best from the individuals will come out. This competition should be positive only. One should think that he should overtake the other person by putting in hard work but not creating hurdles for the other.
Parents or teachers or co-students should never encourage unfair and unethical ways in competition. If that is happening the winner will be a loser in his future endeavors. So a positive approach and fair competition should always be encouraged by elders including teachers and parents.

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#775199

05 Oct 2023 20:53

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Healthy competition is a welcome thing and it is useful in many ways for the growth of the students. It motivates and encourages the students for performing better in studies is a positive attribute.
Parents should observe these things and support their children for working hard in the competitive environment. That is the duty and responsibility of the parents.
Parents have another channels also to facilitate the students like benefitting them through connections or some form of bribery. But these tantamount to unfair means and are risky because if caught the career of the student would be harmed. So parents should avoid any such mean tactics to help the child in getting success through studies and making a career.

Knowledge is power.

#775201

06 Oct 2023 11:18

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A competition is always desirable for the healthy growth in any field including the studies of the students and if such a spirit is absent, growth is almost impossible.
In a classroom, there are a number of students and in that situation, students are watchful of the performance of one another. In most of the cases, the students compare themselves with their colleagues and in that way, a healthy environment is created to establish their supremacy in terms of their studies.
The role of the parents should be such that they should quote the performance of other students so the sense of enviousness sets up within the mindset of the student. Encouragement factor of the parents has a greater role to play in shaping the career of a child
I agree with the view expressed by the author.

#775205

06 Oct 2023 14:03

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I disagree with Sheo Shankar Jha's view that parents should create envy for another student's performance. Why? There should never be pressure or comparisions between anyone. If a parent constantly says, 'See how that student is always getting better grades than you' don't you think this is detrimental to the child's mental well-being? Should the child be made to feel inferior?

Coming to the topic of the thread, the clubs and Houses in a school encourage team spirit and sportsmanship. This should be instilled by the parents, too.

When you make a commitment, you create hope. When you keep a commitment you create trust! ~ John C. Maxwell

#775209

06 Oct 2023 15:40

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Thank you very much all of you for responding in this thread. I also agree with Vandana madam that we should not compare a child with the other. Every student is unique and every student has different skills. Comparison of one child with another will adversely affect the students. We should promote the uniqueness of the student by motivating and guiding him.

Honesty is the best policy.

#775332

12 Oct 2023 06:43

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My view is little bit different. We generally cannot draw the distinguishing line between healthy competition and cut-throat rivalry. Healthy competition almost always turns to cut-throat rivalry and such rivalry harms the students in various ways, It increases the pressure on students. The rivalry makes education a matter of ego and prestige, not a vehicle of acquiring knowledge. Such rivalry doesn't allow a student to develop love for a subject, rather it turns a student into a mechanical robot. And, for all these, guardians of young children and members of the family (near and extended) become responsible.

The students must get encouragement to do better by the performance of their classmates and senior cousins, instead of competing with them. But very few guardians have the maturity to understand this and develop their children accordingly.

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