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Li Yanhui
No.10
Victoria Lannen
M,W 2-5 Practice Makes Perfect
In the essay “ Expertise Dissected,” Daniel J. Levitin believes that barely anyone can become an expert in their area without continuos practice. Moreover, he mentions that although talent is a major factor that people acquire skills more rapidly than others, with only talent, one cannot achieve success in that area. Finally, Levitin emphasizes that practice is the most essential factor leading to a significant achievement. From my point of view, I totally agree with Levitins’ opinions. Based on my life experience and the book I read, I think his points are totally correct. All in all, practice is the most important foundation for success. People need to practice if they want to achieve the dream they have wished. Taking Vivian, who took same SDCC1 class with me, as an example, she is a student majoring in philosophy. And she is extremely smart and always has many unique thoughts. However, we shared the same situation where we both failed SDCC1 for five times. Last quarter, I noticed that there was a change happening in her. From my observation, she started to ask the professor for extra prompts every time after each class. Before, she was always hanging out with her friends and paid little attention to this writing class. Now, she realized that she could not afford another failure in SDCC1, otherwise she would be kicked out from UCSD. So she decided to practice more, which actually led to a reward.
At the end of that quarter, she finally passed the exit exam. However, I failed again since I did not study hard enough. The contradiction from Vivien and me shows that Levitin’s points are totally correct that people can not get a significant achievement without practice. Levitin mentions that even one is equipped with brilliant talent, he also has to practice since “ practice makes perfect,” which I think is totally right. Micheal Jordan, the best basketball player
No.10
Victoria Lannen
M,W 2-5 Practice Makes Perfect
In the essay “ Expertise Dissected,” Daniel J. Levitin believes that barely anyone can become an expert in their area without continuos practice. Moreover, he mentions that although talent is a major factor that people acquire skills more rapidly than others, with only talent, one cannot achieve success in that area. Finally, Levitin emphasizes that practice is the most essential factor leading to a significant achievement. From my point of view, I totally agree with Levitins’ opinions. Based on my life experience and the book I read, I think his points are totally correct. All in all, practice is the most important foundation for success. People need to practice if they want to achieve the dream they have wished. Taking Vivian, who took same SDCC1 class with me, as an example, she is a student majoring in philosophy. And she is extremely smart and always has many unique thoughts. However, we shared the same situation where we both failed SDCC1 for five times. Last quarter, I noticed that there was a change happening in her. From my observation, she started to ask the professor for extra prompts every time after each class. Before, she was always hanging out with her friends and paid little attention to this writing class. Now, she realized that she could not afford another failure in SDCC1, otherwise she would be kicked out from UCSD. So she decided to practice more, which actually led to a reward.
At the end of that quarter, she finally passed the exit exam. However, I failed again since I did not study hard enough. The contradiction from Vivien and me shows that Levitin’s points are totally correct that people can not get a significant achievement without practice. Levitin mentions that even one is equipped with brilliant talent, he also has to practice since “ practice makes perfect,” which I think is totally right. Micheal Jordan, the best basketball player