Emmy Award Essays

In a month's time, on July 16, the nominees for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards will be announced. If the past few years are any indication, the Emmys have shown to be predictable. On the comedy side, there usually seems to be a lot of love for Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory. Frequent drama occupants, meanwhile, include Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey and The Good Wife. So will this year be any different? We shall see in a month. In the meantime, we can only speculate on who will be among the

Oprah starts off her speech by bringing up the time when she was a little girl watching the 36th annual Academy Awards. She tells us when it happened which was in 1964. She tells that that while she was watching the Academy Awards she was sitting on the floor in her mother's house. Oprah tells us what type of floor it was and I believe that she tells us this so that we can get imagine in our heads. She watched as Anne Bancroft presented an oscar to the winner who was Sidney Poitier. Sidney wore

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There is definitely a problem when we talk about gender equality and sexism. It's everywhere: in movies, commercials on television, in music videos, at the workplace and even at school. The gender biases are blatant. One of the sources of the problem lies in the media and the way the media portrays women. For example, the function of an assistant can be fulfilled by both a man and a woman, but when we look at movies and commercials, we often think that it is weird when the assistant of a powerful

and was a voice artist. His glittering career began in the 1970s in San Francisco, he went on to become one of the funniest man not only in America but all over the world. His rose to fame in 1978 in ‘Mork & Mind’. From there, he progressed and won awards while at the highlight of his career. The most memorable one was with

Torres Algebra 2 Pre-AP/DC CA 7/8B Emmy Noether Introduction Emmy Noether was born in Erlangen, Germany on March 23rd, 1882. Her real name was Amalie Noether, however she was almost always called “Emmy”. Growing up in her family, she was the oldest of four children, but of only two children that survived childhood. Max Noether, Emmys father, was considered a mathematician in his time. Along with her brother Fritz, who had pursued his career in mathematics. As a child Emmy spent the majority of her time

Standing there sweaty and tired after the last game of the season. You look over at the other team who did have tons of energy, not sweaty at all , and look like they did not try at all. They announce that your team got first but everyone still get a trophy. How would you feel to give a 100% and get the same trophy as a person who only gave 50%. There is a debate on should we give out participation trophies. Many people think everyone should get a trophy for going out there and trying. Others think

Participation Trophies the Good and the Bad Say you are in the last game of the season and you didn’t win any games this season but you still get a trophy, what do you do with it? This has been a large discussion that has spread it all started with a NFL linebacker James Harrison wouldn’t let his two sons take their participation as they ended their season. Participation trophies aren’t a good idea for many reasons. I don’t agree with handing out participation trophies for the following reasons…

A popular issue today, should kids get participation trophies for trying? One side says, “Yes they should get participation trophies”. While the other side declares “No they should not get trophies”. I believe that kids should not get the trophies. Not handing out trophies will help kids in many ways. I think that we should not hand out trophies for trying because it helps you realize that you are going to lose in life. It will teach you how to deal with losing so you don’t have to when you get older

The question is, “Should kids get a trophy for showing up?” I would have to say that they shouldn’t get a trophy for just showing up. What is the point of getting a trophy if you don’t actually do anything. I would agree that they ones that do show up and actually do something, should get a trophy, but to say if kids that show just show should get a trophy is something else. If someone were to play basketball and they didn’t do anything they shouldn’t be able participate in the sport, it is ridiculous

should achieve a medal or a trophy for participation. Some argue this can mend children’s expectations for the ‘real world.’ On the other hand, some believe this will affect the children positively if they do receive these awards. Children would benefit from receiving participation awards. This is because of self esteem, and equality. Kids would also be able to celebrate their achievements from an early age. Parker Abate, who wrote the article, In Youth Sports, Participation Trophies send

Should everyone in an event receive a participation award? In the text Pros and Cons: A Look At Participation Trophies For Youth Athletes by Travis Armideo, and In Defense of Participation Trophies: Why They Really Do Teach the Right Values by Lisa Hefferman both make similar points and help determine whether participation awards are necessary for young kids. They both explain the benefits of participation awards as well as acknowledging their flaws too such as how they affect kids and how they also

wrong kind of praise and undermines the success of the children, then they begin to believe they should be rewarded for insignificant tasks. Giving kid’s participation awards don’t benefit those who receive them. It gives the child the wrong kind of commendation when they receive the awards. Today kids in youth sports will acquire awards from any place first, last, and between. This sets an example for them getting that last place is satisfactory. However, people will say feelings won’t become hurt

awarded to youth athletes for simply showing up to practice and games. These awards loose their meaning when given to everyone. Trophies are used for extrinsic motivation. Awards given to youth athletes, when they don’t earn it, don’t prepare them for the real world. The "Trophies for All" policy makes it where all youth athletes receive participation trophies just for signing up to be on the team.            Participation awards loose their meaning. In Scope magazine's, "Should Everyone Get A Trophy

Should everyone get a participation trophy? According to the "trophies for all " policy, youth athletes are being awarded with the participation trophies. Participation trophies don’t benefit the hard working youth athletes. Buying participation trophies is a poor way to spend scarce funds. Finally, participation trophies can harm the youth athletes receiving them. On the other hand, some coaches believe it is worth spending the money to see a kid smile. Every youth athlete does not need to receive

Many sports programs give every child a trophy after the season comes to an end ;however, that is not needed. If one team does better than another, they should get to feel special by being rewarded in a way that lets them know that they’ve accomplished something that is more significant than their competition with a trophy . Most children who get awarded with participation trophies hear the few words “You are all winners,“ but in life that is not always true. Everyone loses in life, and nobody is

used is for better educating coaches . When you better coaches, you better the kids so that they can actually receive a first place trophy . Money on participation trophies have many other reasons to be spent, as argued in "Do We Need Participation Awards?" Getting trophies for showing up teaches the wrong idea of getting rewarded for doing nothing . Also research shows that extrinsic motivation on it's own can be harmful not helpful . You don't reward kids for showing up to practices and

What accomplishment were you most proud of? Why? Making the plaque was the accomplishment that I was most proud of because it gave me a lot of sentimental value as well as making memories with all the grades 9s and teachers that I met in Zion. I wanted to do a fun project that gave me a way to bond with each of my fellow colleagues in grade 9 and with my teachers, as I got to talk to all of them and get them to sign it. This was project done because, the grade 9s of 2016 in Zion and other junior

The question people are asking is, “Are participation trophies good to give to kids?.” Getting them trophies makes them feel like they are winning something and it is showing them to work hard to achieve greatness. People have been talking about how NFL Linebacker James Harrison and his Instagram post. In the post Harrison talks about how his sons got a participation trophies from their football coaches and how he decided to give the trophies that they earned back. This is wrong, the kids should

Carl Granica: A Logical Candiadate for the Jefferson Award It is essential to have mentors or leaders for kids so that they find what they want to do. According to multiplyinggood.org, The Jefferson Award awards people for doing something good or being nice to people. It recognizes people working with young people who need help or adults who help them feel better about themselves. Someone who helps youth or is worth noticing is Carl Granica. Carl Granica helps young people with sports and wants