Cooperation Vs Competition

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Competition is more useful to a child than cooperation in improving their skills. With competition a child will strive to beat his opponent and be better. Competition brings out the best in a child by forcing them to think of creative solutions to problems. The child would not think of the simple solution because it would not be enough to beat his adversary. Competition can be a big motivator for some. They try to beat everyone in order to become the best. Cooperation doesn’t help as much because a person’s true skills aren’t tested. What they may lack in can be compensated by their partner’s cooperation. Many examples in life and literature demonstrate that competition makes a person work harder and better to succeed over his rival. In Eragon, Eragon practices his swordplay with an elf that is really good at sword fighting. Although he cannot match the elf’s speed and strength, he tries to beat him because Eragon considers the elf his rival. After being beat multiple times when he is not trying, Eragon becomes motivated by the elf’s jeers. After falling, he immediately gets back up and attacks more vigorously than before. He feels motivated by the taunting of his opponent. Eragon felt the need to beat him and attempted his best even though he was slower and weaker. This time Eragon managed to hurt the elf slightly before being beat once again. Eragon used his rival as a motivation and improved himself as he trained. Competition is also a great motivator for some people. They like to compete in everything they do and beat everyone they meet. Cooperation wouldn’t push them to their limits. With competition a person is tested to see what his limits are and how capable he or she is. Robert Kennedy once said "Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." This means that those who don’t push themselves to their limit, and try to exceed those limits,

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