Competition for gradesIn today's world, competition is everywhere. In sport, competition is very fierce. All athletes compete for one thing and one thing only: a national championship. Competition also exists in the workplace. Employees will try to beat other employees to get the highest rank in the company. However, among all these competitions, the most intense exists at school. Students compete for popularity, classes, spots on sports teams, and most importantly, grades. Through this competition for grades, students suffer negatively socially, mentally and physically. Therefore, competition for grades has an unhealthy influence on students. When students compete for grades, his social life suffers. When a student begins to compete for a grade, he or she may cheat. When he cheats on someone and maybe gets caught. , it will be suspended. Once he is suspended, his parents will be very disappointed in him. Once his parents find out, they might punish him for a while. He may then not be able to participate in extracurricular activities and lose his friends. Therefore, when a student competes for grades, he suffers socially. Additionally, competing for grades has negative physical effects on the student. When a student begins to study too much, he or she may also begin to become very tired. When a student is tired and trying to study, he or she may resort to pills. The pills will keep him awake longer. While he stays awake, he may start to overeat. By eating too much, he can become obese. Becoming obese can cause a lot of extra stress. Because of this added stress, he may also develop ulcers. So when students start competing for grades, it has devastating effects on one's body. Additionally, in school, students suffer mentally when they compete for grades. A student may develop depression when their grades begin to decline. When this happens, the student's self-esteem decreases and they may lose all self-confidence. Once this happens, a student may make a last ditch effort to reverse the situation and may begin to study too much. When a student begins to study too much, he pushes himself so much that he can exceed the limits, and he