The American Dream In Outliers

When it comes to the American Dream, everyone has their own view of what that means to them. It could be that an American wants to move up in life no matter where they are and know that the could always do better. It could also be a chance for a person who is not American to experience freedom and opportunity because it’s said that that’s what our country offers. It lastly could mean that you live in your own home with a family and have everything that belongs to you without a worry in the world. What I personally think the American Dream is about is to start from the bottom and work your way up. Everyone dreams about what they could do to improve and live a better life, and when you’re focused and dedicated to achieve that dream, it’s
and it compares the major differences between the way that western and eastern cultures learn. In American cultures it’s always difficult to make sure you get it or else you’re considered not smart enough, and with our social norms, it would be very embarrassing to call someone out when they don’t know something that is being taught. That could affect the future of that child because they would feel like they’re not good enough to get it, and would think down of himself. And according to the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy when you think poorly, you do poorly. The novel Outliers is a book about success and what it takes to succeed. The author gives many theories to what makes a person successful whether it was achieved or passed down from family. Some of his theories were first that it’s predicted a successful person is born within the first couple months of the year, preferably January 1st in the mid 1900s. Another one is a high IQ that is higher than the threshold which is 100. Taking time to practice a bunch also helps, its always said that practice makes perfect. and lastly by who your family is and how successful they
According to Malala In this culture, female students that attend school all want to either be doctors or teachers because that’s all that women can choose to be if they attended school. And with this information I connected it to our textbook chapter called Stratification. On page 44, it talks about caste systems and how you’re class depends on who your parents are. The sons follow their fathers and the daughters follow their mothers. With all of these facts, it makes sense why people from other countries come to America, to take on opportunity and have freedom. It’s why most women do not want to be limited when it comes to education, and they shouldn’t