Compitition or Cooperation

Yes I do agree that cooperation is better than competition, having too much competition takes away from the enjoyment of the games, besides the winning team is the only one that every truly benefits from the competition since their self-esteem will rise and the losing team more often than not will decrease in self-esteem. Society is strongly based off of competitions it is broadcasted to kids from the time they enter the school system when they are of age to participate in team activities. Any athletic team drill the idea off winning is the goal and losing is “alright” but not preferred. I don’t know if the two will ever coincide with one another, since society would have to act as a whole to make any kind of wide scale affect that is noticeable. I believe that cooperation should be 75% and competition 25% of the game. Cooperation you are learning more skills then just the fundamentals of a specific games you are exposed to more opportunities and a more enjoyable atmosphere that is more beneficial to the overall metal well-being of the children.  I believe that there are some benefits with competitive games, it makes an individual create bonds at a quicker rate, unfortuanlly for those who are weaker with their athletic ability those with a more competitive mind set usually tend to exclude them from the activity whenever possible. With competition your individual problem solving skills are being worked on when needing to think of a strategy to win the game. If there was no competition in our society there would be no push or dive in businesses that lead the world consumer markets. Society would move forward at a considerable slower rate since there would no longer be urgency. I believe that some aspects of physical education need to be competitive in itself it is a life skill that should be taught, we are only being arrogant if children do not know how to handle competition it teachers us to learn how to cope with stress and disappointment. Schools should still have elite sport programs but should not be as enforced as they are. Parents forcing their children into multiple afterschool activities or even school sport programs in an attempt to keep them away from the wrong crowd, drugs, alcohol ... etc. Kids should choose for themselves that they wish to play an elite sport for their own personal reasons.