thing. According to Malcolm Gladwell‚ in his book Outliers‚ he asserts that individuals who are granted opportunities and advantages‚ which not everybody is given by fate‚ are more successful. He implicates that opportunity‚ hard work‚ birthdate‚ 10‚000 hours rule‚ and the background of the person are essential factors when being an outlier. Out of these aspects‚ working hard would have to be the one factor that surpasses the rest in this scenario. Malcolm Gladwell emphasizes many characteristics
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Gladwell (2009) points out in chapter 3 and 4 of the Outliers that we possess a misunderstanding of the meaning of success. American education links the results of testing in children to offer them greater opportunities‚ depending in their IQ. But a high IQ result doesn’t measure the levels of creativity or creative thinking Therefore‚ Gladwell believes that success is the outcome from having a high IQ‚ education and upbringing. Gladwell proves his point by using Terman’s experiments‚ and the result
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The books Bird by Bird and David and Goliath‚ by Anne Lamott and Malcolm Gladwell respectively‚ provide their readers with many new ideas and ways of thinking about the world around them. They also allow for certain opinions to be created or changed‚ and are powerful tools altogether. Because I have learned to look at things from multiple perspectives‚ and not to always rely on my first instinct‚ I will be rationalising both sides of Thomas Hardy’s statement. “A story must be exceptional enough
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Gladwell’s essay Examined Life Gladwell believes that Stanley H. Kaplan ruined the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) by making it coachable. The Educational Testing Service‚ that created the SAT‚ did not intend for the test to be coachable or studied for. They believed that cramming or last minute review was pointless because the focus of the test was not about what a student learned‚ but what a student was capable of learning. The accounts and research that Gladwell displayed in his essay “Examined
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is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities” (Gladwell 155). Gladwell is implying that success does not arbitrarily come to a person. It takes many foreseeable factors and circumstances. The claim that‚ “if you work hard enough and assert yourself‚ and use your mind and imagination‚ you can shape the world to your desires” (Gladwell 151) is valid to a certain extent. However‚ hard work and the use of one’s mind and imagination alone are
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Bratton worked hard to find a way to clean things up. Bratton wanted to make the subway system better for the innocent passengers so that they could feel safe while riding the subway. He would take time off his nights to “roam the city on the subway” (Gladwell 154) and experience how bad things were first hand. Bratton took the risk of being in such a bad environment in the name of making things better for others. Ever since Bratton changed the way the subway systems work in New York helps numerous amounts
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perplexed by the behavior of the neighbors.They concluded that “the greater the number of bystanders who view an emergency‚ the small the chance that any will intervene” (Rasenberger). The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell concludes that this is caused by the “bystander problem” (Gladwell 28). This relates back to the number of people who witness an emergency. Nobody thinks that they need to be the one to intervene; however‚ if one person does not stand up because they expect somebody else to‚ no change
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plus slicing tree is also widely developed in VLSI. Nallasamy mani‚ et al.1997 describes a combined genetic algorithm and slicing approach for floorplan area optimization during the early stage of integrated circuit design. It applies a partition procedure to reduce the complexity routing problem. Genetic Algorithm (GA) is wide applied in almost any field‚ including solving FLP. Tam 1992 introduced the coding of layouts as a string of characters of finite length and used a fixed slicing tree
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harshly then if she said yes. If she said no‚ then things would be easier. “Yes.” Her voice was cold as the ice from Dutchett‚ smooth‚ so cold it felt like fire when you touched it. She watched him through the broken strands of her hair‚ watched him blink‚ and watched his face morph momentarily into rage. “Fianna.” Ruven hissed beside her‚ there was a plea in his voice. She gritted her teeth. “You think that ever being late in my presence is acceptable?” Master Kalar roared. “Say no.” Ruven whispered
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at Anaheim Schools students must sacrifice the time to better their learning and get help. In the essay‚ Marita’s Bargain by Malcolm Gladwell‚ the author states‚ “ Is this a lot to ask of a child? It is. But think of Marita’s perspective. In return‚ KIPP promises that it will take kids like her who are stuck in poverty and give them a chance to get out” (14). Gladwell says that students who are committed to school‚
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