In fact, moderatecompetition is good for children, but extreme competition can devastate achild. Research tells us that temperament, culture, talent and the age of thechild affect how a child handles competition.
The puzzle in âpomp and circumstanceâ is âcircumstance.â We use âcircumstanceâ today, usually in the plural form âcircumstances,â to mean the context or conditions surrounding something, the place, time, causes and effects, etc., of an action or state of being.
Luck refers to that which happens to a person beyond that person's control. This view incorporates phenomena that are chance happenings, a person's place of birth for example, but where there is no uncertainty involved, or where the uncertainty is irrelevant.