The Truth Behind The "Participant Trophy" Generation
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The Truth Behind The "Participant Trophy" Generation

Those that are easily offended.

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The Truth Behind The "Participant Trophy" Generation
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The truth is, nobody does anything for the sake of doing it anymore. If there isn’t a prize or benefit, then what is the point?

People don’t play sports without the promise of a participation trophy. There is no point in attending an event if there isn’t free food or drinks there. Students only join clubs or organizations so that they can put them on their resumes. People post on Twitter and Facebook so that they can get compliments on the happenings in their lives.

Millennials have become known for being selfish and entitled, but who do we have to blame? Ourselves? Society? Our parents?

Many people blame our upbringing. They say that our parents coddled us too much in childhood by doing chores for us, paying for our every need, and glamorizing our tiniest of accomplishments or wrongdoings.

Others say that society is at fault. Technology is the source of our self-obsessed egotism. Endless selfies with varied filters control social media and one’s self confidence.

Generation Y seems to have this ongoing problem with oversensitivity. It has become the “how can it be my fault” generation and the “everyone else is to blame” generation. People go crying to mommy and daddy when things don’t go their way. Those that are brave enough to speak the truth are then tormented by the contrarily easily offended side of humanity.

How, then, are you expected to survive the future? How will you react when that scary boss of yours yells at you for a job poorly done? Will you learn from your mistakes or will you call your parents crying?

Not all people are affected by the hypocrisy that is expected of those in ‘generation Y.’ Some individuals join clubs for the sole purpose of being involved. Many are born to thrive in the workplace, and some take criticism as a compliment. The rest of the generation, however, fails to understand how the whole process seems to work.

Can we fix this “participation trophy” generation? It is not false that this attitude is caused by an abundance of contributors, however those that are able to realize their own entitlement and oversensitivity will be the ones that begin to change the generation.

All I know is that people who get offended if I don’t say “hi” while walking down a hallway…are not the types of people that I want to be my friend.

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