competition matters Question and answers
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Explanation:
Q1. Initially what made the author think that the judge were going to have a tough time choosing a winner?
A. The Pumpkins crafted by the kids were so marvellous that it was difficult for the judges to choose a winner.
Q2. How did the judges get over the difficulty of choosing a winner?
A. By awarding the same black and gold ribbon the judges got over the difficulty of choosing a winner.
Q3. Why was the boy and the author disappointed?
A. The boy and the author were dissapointed because the judges did'nt select the winner and the boy was expecting to win the contest.
Q4. what was the message that the school probably wanted to convey?
A. The shcool was trying to convey that all the participants had done a great job.
Q5. The author is worried that the school was sending a wrong message. what was the message?
A. The author was worried that the school was sending a wrong message that losing in a contest is a difficult task rather accepting it and work hard to win in the future.
Q6. What is the trend that the author has noticed lately?
A. The author had noticed the trend followed by the school judges lately that declaring every participant as the winner was done by considering the fragile/sensitive nature of the kids to handle the defeat.
Q7. “it has sat gathering dust ever since” why?
A. The game that the author had bought caught the dust as it didn’t had the incentive to keep playing.
Q8. How can a loss in a competition help kids?
A. A loss in a competition helps kids to learn from the mistakes and search several alternatives to improve and find the way to win in future.
Q9. Who is described as a “good sport”?
A. A “good sport” is the one who accepts the defeat sportively.
Q10. “Too bad my kindergartener wasn’t the judge” – what does this statement mean?
A. The author says that if her kids would have been the judge he definitely would have picked the winner.
Q11. Comment on the observation of the kindergartener. “well, I think the snowman won”.
A. With this statement we can understand that the kindergartener had accepted his defeat as well declared snowman as the winner and better than him.
Q12. Why was the competition a big let down for the kid? How was he satisfied?
A. The competition was a big letdown for the kids as the excitement to win the contest was lost but he made himself satisfied by choosing one entry as the winner.