Sunday 20 April 2014

Is Competition Good for Us? by Joan Lennon

Children's writers are a bit like fish in those shrinking ponds in a drought.  We're not yet at the stage of trying to breathe mud, but still, times are tight.  So, is competition good for us?

First, watch the video ...



Now, discuss!


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5 comments:

catdownunder said...

The classics...Cooperation? Teamwork? Listening to each other? Diversity? And many more words come to mind - I might also have completely missed the point! To my way of thinking competition only works where there is also cooperation.

John Dougherty said...

Very, very good!

And, of course, as Cat says, they're not competing at all - although they're pretending to, everything they do is clearly well-rehearsed and worked out together. Imagine how tedious the performance would quickly become if they really were all playing as individuals and trying to out-do one another.

Jackie Marchant said...

I think the music has spoken!

Sarah Taylor-Fergusson said...

Ha. I do like your fish in a pond metaphor too.

Joan Lennon said...

Thank you for comments - it's coming across things like this that makes me forgive the internet quite a lot. Not everything, of course ...