The following are essays penned by Jason Wiseman, a mid-level logistics coordinator for a major corporation and former Army Air Defense Artillery officer who served five years in the active force during the late 1990s.

Point: Participation trophies are for the weak

By: Jason Wiseman

In today’s snowflake society, everyone wants something for nothing and gets their feelings hurt every time they don’t get a pat on the head just for showing up. And showing up is all most millennials are capable of, while the few that actually do good work expect a brass band and a televised address telling them how amazing they are. I’m sure your parents threw you a parade every time they remembered to flush the toilet, but this is the real world, sweetheart, no one is going to give you a trophy for your perfect attendance record.