Throughout the book Grit by Angela Duckworth, there were many claims that were made. Duckworth claims that Grit, talent, and other traits that are similar are affected by the genes of a person (82). Duckworth cites Robert Plomin, an american geneticist who is known for his work in twin and behavior genetics. Plomin is a credible source due to his immense research in behavior genetics whereas grit is a behavior. Duckworth used his study where researchers in london gave the Grit Scale which duckworth came up with to 2 thousand pairs of twins in the United Kingdom. It was found that there was a direct relation between the two twins scores (82). I agree with Duckworths claim that there is a direct relation between grit, talent, and other psychological
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In Outliers, Gladwell mentions a man named Chris Langan, a so called genius. Gladwell explains how Chris is the opposite of privileged, growing up in extreme poverty, having a drinking and abusive father, and never having a secure place to call home. Gladwell then follows Chris through his life, explaining the other hardships that Chris endured while attempting to make something out of his life. Gladwell brings up one experience that summarizes Chris’s experience in life perfectly. In college, Chris was living 13 miles outside of town when the transmission in his car fell out. This was a problem for chris due to him taking morning classes. He now couldn’t make his morning classes in time. He was forced to ask the dean for later classes so he could make it on time, but the dean wasn’t understanding and denied his …show more content…
Robert is similar to Chris in a few ways, but their pasts are very different. Robert grew up in a very wealthy family where most of the things that Chris dreamed about were given without a worry. Robert didn’t have to fight and work hard to go to college, his parents paid for it. Robert has a supporting family unlike Chris. Gladwell then states the question, what was the critical difference between these two geniuses and what made their success so different (102)? He answers this simply as, “The wealthier parents raised their kids one way, and the poorer parents raised their kids another way.”(102). This can easily relate back to Duckworth’s claim that experiences shape who a person
In Outliers, Gladwell mentions a man named Chris Langan, a so called genius. Gladwell explains how Chris is the opposite of privileged, growing up in extreme poverty, having a drinking and abusive father, and never having a secure place to call home. Gladwell then follows Chris through his life, explaining the other hardships that Chris endured while attempting to make something out of his life. Gladwell brings up one experience that summarizes Chris’s experience in life perfectly. In college, Chris was living 13 miles outside of town when the transmission in his car fell out. This was a problem for chris due to him taking morning classes. He now couldn’t make his morning classes in time. He was forced to ask the dean for later classes so he could make it on time, but the dean wasn’t understanding and denied his …show more content…
Robert is similar to Chris in a few ways, but their pasts are very different. Robert grew up in a very wealthy family where most of the things that Chris dreamed about were given without a worry. Robert didn’t have to fight and work hard to go to college, his parents paid for it. Robert has a supporting family unlike Chris. Gladwell then states the question, what was the critical difference between these two geniuses and what made their success so different (102)? He answers this simply as, “The wealthier parents raised their kids one way, and the poorer parents raised their kids another way.”(102). This can easily relate back to Duckworth’s claim that experiences shape who a person