hr115+Winning+Is+Everything+Essay

=Winning is the Worst=

===Would you rather win or lose? Obviously, we would immediately all rather win, but it can lead to bad decisions. You can lose friendships. It hurts your health. Have you lost focus on anything lately? It was probably because of winning. Has your head been bothering you, almost as if you have a bruise on your brain? Concussion? It's probably sport related. Playing one sport too often can lead to something very serious. Over-competitiveness. Having this disease can make you lose focus on other things, besides sports. Can you go one day without baseball? One day without basketball? One day without football? One day without running? In a biography I read, Julie Brown, a famous runner, didn't always run to win, she ran to beat her past time, which is what winning is about. Not for bragging, but for beating your previous, or past records. This doesn't mean running class to class, or catching a book somebody tossed to you, it means competitively. All I'm saying is, winning is NOT everything.===

===Losing friendships? What does that have to do with winning? You don't lose friends when you win. Wrong! You probably think winning can't lose friendships, but it might be a very big cause of one less friend. One time, my two friends were on opposite teams. One team ultimately won. The other was okay with it, until the other started rubbing it in her face. She kept saying things like, "Are you jealous? It's okay, you always have next time, if we don't beat you again. Hahaha! Loser!" Also, bragging rights won't count, whatsoever for sore winners. It doesn't work if you over brag, only saying things like "We won!". Not saying stuff like "In your face you loser!" Over competitive players also come into play. They work so hard, for no reason. Were all like, "Dude, your not going to be in the Olympics for winning sixth grade kickball."===

===You can hurt your health. What, you can hurt your health winning? Yes, in fact, 21% of all head injuries come from sport-related activities. When you keep playing sports, you get more competitive which makes wan to stay awake and practice. You need sleep. An average sixth grader needs nine hours of sleep. Meanwhile, most get less than that. Overworking your muscles, while trying to win can cause damage My mom has been running and running, practicing for an upcoming race, and hurt her hip. The doctor said it was from overworking her muscles. From that we learned, that you don't need to win, keep your on speed. Also, it overworks and tires muscles and joints. If you overwork your joints, it can make you have to take a brief intermission to your sport or game. If you break an ankle, how can you run for basketball, football, soccer, lacrosse If you break a wrist, you can't play basketball or lacrosse because it will be nearly impossible to dribble or cradle the stick. If you a break hip, good luck playing sports without running. If you break a neck, you will either need to be hospitalized or in bed for a while so that you don't move anything, or you can get paralyzed. We all wouldn't want that to happen, but you choose your own battles. The more you care about winning, the bigger chance you have of damaging bones, joints, and other body parts.===

===We have a test today? What? You never told anyone about this? Everybody has been in that situation but we have to face the truth, the test has been written in our agenda since last Thursday. The point is, you lose focus. Your grades get lower. Here's what I mean. "I just love running so much. I wonder how far I can go. Can I run a marathon. Pshhh, yeah! I might not be the fastest, but I can." "Class, ten minutes." "What! Oh my gosh, I already failed, this million page test. I'm about to fail. My mom will scream at me. I might as well not even try." Now you get the test back and its a 43%. What excuse do you have? Oh yeah, NONE! Then, after school, you want to keep running and running so you can get a seven minute mile. Did you get your homework done yet? Nope. What time is it? 11:30. Also, health concerns play a big role. What if you have jittery butterflies in your stomach, and you forget to take your inhaler? You get an asthma attack and have might not be able to finish the race depending on how bad it is.===

===Do you still think winning is everything? I mean, you lose friendships. Especially if your friend is very sensitive One less friend, and that will make both of you upset. it hurts you health. Your joins weaken, your muscles get overworked, and its not good for your body. Also, you lose focus on other things. Your Social Studies Test is today and you didn't study. It's your fault considering that you wrote it down a week ago. Winning isn't everything. When you win, you get cheerful, but you should never take it to extremes. You can still be excited, but not enough for other symptoms to kick in. Just remember, don't overuse your bragging rights.===