Gladwell's Outliers: The Story Of Success

In Outliers: The Story of Success Chapter 3 and 4 “The Trouble with Geniuses 1 and 2 ” by Gladwell shows that two phenomenal genius person, but both are not the same.
Langan and oppenheimer are alike and they both struggled in college. Langan was from very poor family, he did not had a lot and his father was alcoholic and mostly absent. Lagan got a full scholarship to Reed University, however, Langan was not adjusting well. He had a weakness on speaking in class, even though he knew most it. Then, His “ mother was supposed to fill out a parents financial statement for the renewal of that scholarship”, but “She neglected to do so” (93).And then, he worked as a construction worker before he enroll Montana State University. He was doing well
Such as, talking with others, and many more other stuffs we learn from family. Opportunity to learn it and it comes from somewhere other than individual. Langan step father was an alcoholic, and aggressive and he learned the same thing from his stepfather. Langan chase his teacher down to his office and asked him “ Why are you teaching this way? Why do you consider this practice to be relevant to calculus?”(100). However, Oppenheimer could talk gently and lure everyone on his talk because he had practice intelligence which he learned from parent. As it shown, “ It’s because he possessed the kind of savvy that allowed him to get what he wanted from the world”(100).Oppenheimer knew how to get what he wanted from the world. Chris Langan isn’t necessarily any less intelligent than Oppenheimer, but he lacked the kind of savvy that would have allowed him to
Team and she found out the lifestyles of third graders, and the parenting styles used. She concluded that there were only two parenting styles. "Accomplishment of natural growth" which happens in lower class families, when the child is left to grow and develop naturally. “Katie Brindle, sang in a choir after school. But she signed up for it herself and walked to choir practice on her own”(103). "Concerted cultivation" which mostly affects upper class families and is when the parents feel like they are needed to help aid their child's talents, and embraces the independence and real-world situations. The child is not taught to take matters in their own hands. “The wealthier parents were heavily involved in their children’s free time, shutting them from one activity to the next, quizzing them about their teachers and coaches and teammates”(103). These two styles are related to Langan and Oppenheimer's backgrounds, Langan grew up with a family that did not support his activities, unlike Oppenheimer. “On weekends, the Oppenheimers would go driving in the countryside in a chauffeur-driven Packard. Summers he would be taken to Europe to see his grandfather”(108). Oppenheimer had this kind of advantage that chris langan lacked