There is an obvious discrimination shown in the movie “Freedom Writers”‚ where everybody hates everybody and they got no choice but to live in a world full of pandemonium. Random cultural implications are shown in the movie. Where one has to accept his/her society since birth‚ or someone has to really join a gang to keep up and belong to a hood. In the case of the students in the movie‚ they are just simply hopeless and what they all just do is to keep raging flames in their hearts. Until one tough
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Over my four-month summer break my goal was to get my hands on as many books as possible. One of the books that I came across was called “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell. After reading this book on my flight to Asia I fell in love with the book and admired the author. His writing was organized in a way where it was easy to comprehend and he was able to support his evidence with research and statistics. Although there are a lot of scholarly terms that is used to support his study‚ he uses a more simplified
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OUTLIERS The Story of Success Malcolm Gladwell As I read Outliers‚ an excellent book by Malcom Gladwell also author of the Tipping Point one of my favorite marketing books I couldn’t help being reminded of the movie Good Will Hunting. There is a particular scene in the movie where Matt Damon‚ playing a poor teen from Southern Boston confronts a wealthy MIT student. Damon tells him‚ “You were born on third base and you think you hit a triple.” In other words‚ we often over-attribute our
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it does to be home. If you are motivated you get things done quicker and better. Even the smallest accomplishments feel huge because having a job you love gives you extra motivation. In the book Outliers By Malcolm Gladwell he talks about something called the ten thousand hour rule. Gladwell says it takes around ten thousand hours to achieve true mastery in any field of work. “What’s ten years? Roughly how long it takes to put in ten thousand hours of hard practice.” If that’s the case it would be
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Jade Gallahair Mrs. Tabitha Ginther AP Language and Composition 2 December 2014 Rumination of Self: Outliers Final Assignment Privileges/Advantages: In my life I have been blessed with many privileges and advantages that others may have not had the opportunity to be exposed to. A major advantage that I’ve had during my life is growing up in a Christian home with both my parents‚ who care about my education. Growing up my parents always taught me that God comes first and my education comes second
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Thesis: Authors use rhetorical devices to demonstrate the impact that society plays on the personal development of an individual. The main character in Hurston’s novel‚ Janie Crawford‚ Janie’s hair is a symbol that portrays her individuality and resistance to the stereotypes that are intertwined in her society. As Janie begins to settle into her home in Eatonville‚ she is soon confronted by her husband‚ Jody‚ and the townspeople’s antithetical views about her proper role in society. In response to
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when people are faced with sacrifice and hardship‚ the human condition’s deep-rooted attitude of striving beyond limits is touched upon‚ ultimately leading to accomplishments. In Malcolm Gladwell’s David and Goliath‚ he discusses how the so-called “underdog” is actually more advantageous. Through numerous examples Gladwell concludes that since the “underdog”
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One In the Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell he explains that “the Tipping Point is that magic moment when an idea‚ trend‚ or social behavior crosses a threshold‚ tips‚ and spreads like wildfire.” In his book he explains what a tipping point is‚ how something comes to a Tipping Point‚ what happens when that something hits its Tipping Point‚ and the different people that play an important role to create a Tipping Point. On pages 20 and 21 of the book‚ Gladwell tells of two different men that have
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Journal #9 and 10 “Inner climate” pg. 693 Paragraph 1- Implies change is a constant and therefore inevitable. Paragraph 2- Describes two types of “heat”. Environmental and social-political. Links the emotions of the individual to outward disorder and violence. Paragraph 3- Inner peace would be the most important of all. Accept what can’t be changed. Positive outward change is only possible after your inner emotional problems have been tended to. Warns to think before
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and because of that they are successful. According to Gladwell not anyone can become successful; it takes the right circumstances and opportunities. Human’s capability seems limitless‚ and if we put in the time and hard work we can achieve our goals. We as a society love to think that a person may become successful and that we all have the same opportunities and chance of succeeding if we just work hard enough. According to Malcom Gladwell‚ the author of the book Outlier’s these common beliefs
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