Is it true that the best way for a society to prepare its young people for leadership in government,
industry, or other fields is by instilling in them a sense of cooperation, not competition? As far as I
am concerned, the statement bears a fraction of truth but it omits the importance of the spirit of
competition.
Admittedly, cooperation is the base of accomplishing onerous and hard tasks. For example, when
it comes to finishing a team work assigned by teachers, young people should learn to cooperate
with their classmates. When it comes to devising and promulgating a new policy concerning
environment protection, cabinets and the president should cooperate with each other and work
out difficulties concertedly. When it comes to solve a recondite and mysterious industrial
problem, workers and programmers should work together finding the source of problem and fix
it. Thus, we can safely draw a conclusion that young people should be prepared with a sense of
cooperation.
However, all have been discussed above is concerned with participationship not leadership. A
young people who yield for leadership should pay high attention to their sense of competition
instead of cooperation. First of all, as we all known, among thousands of soldiers, there is only
one commander so those who cannot compete with their fellows and win against them will never
come to the throne. For instance, American president is elected from two parties and politicians
in this two parties contrive to convince the public how well they will lead American to a gogerous
future. While these candidates do have to cooperate with their business cooperators, sponsors
and propaganda teams, the basic essence that supports them throughout the election is the will
of competing against and win over others. Without the spirit of competition, it will never comes
up to young people to elect for president and the opportunity of becoming leader in any field will
not achieve.
Secondly, it is essential for a society to instill a sense of competition in its young people. A
company cannot run well without the judgment and leader of its chief executor and a society will
be in chaos without the leadership of its president. Thus, a society should be aware of the
importance of preparing its youth for leadership in any fields by tutoring then sense of
competition. For example, when children were in primary school, teachers should encourage
students competing for the election of the class leader so that students will be aware of sense of
competition and learn to present the best of them. In companies, the executors should elect a
team leader or manager in each apartment in order to instigate employees and better
performance of the company. Thus, there are many ways a society can choose to foster a spirit of
competition in their young people and prepare them for leadership.
In sum, a society should be aware of the importance of preparing its youth for leadership in any
fields by fostering a sense of competition in them.