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Originally Posted by Hektore
I think a lot of this stems from the fact that people act like it's such a terrible thing to lose and worse to lose by a lot. Granted, losing isn't as good as winning, but nobody wins them all. Ever. And sometimes you lose bad, that's just part of the game. Learning how to lose is just as important as learning how to win.
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I agree. It seems (at least from my distant observation over the last few years) that especially in schools there is a misguided emphasis on "self-esteem" these days. Not that self-esteem isn't important, because I truly believe it is. But you won't teach someone to feel good about themselves by coddling and shielding them from reality. Instead you'll have someone whose esteem is going to come crashing down on them when they go out into the real world and find it's not always friendly and definitely not fair.
Losing sucks, hate it when I lose because I'm competitive by nature. But the point is I know HOW to lose.