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Why Competition should not be Frowned Upon

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/opinion/students-competition-unions-bargaining.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion&action=click&contentCollection=opinion&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront Malcolm Harris, in his New York Times opinion piece “Competition is Ruining Childhood. The Kids Should Fight Back” argues that the ever-so-competitive society children and young adults live in today is more detrimental than beneficial and the aforementioned victims must seek to put an end to it. He describes his memories of high school, “I still can’t think of a period when I’ve worked harder than I did in high school,” and then continues to describe its insignificance noting the lack of correlation between education, a highly coveted status today, and higher wages. Harris intends to inform the youth of our country and to inspire change, in order that rising students will no longer walk into the “re...