This is showing that a child born in January will have a better chance at succeeding in professional hockey than a child born in December, this is because the child in January has more experience with hockey because he’s had more time to play. The children born in January have a higher …show more content…
Gladwell says that if a group of people were given 20 seconds to memorize a certain sequence of numbers that most Chinese people would get the sequence right vs only 50% of Americans getting it correct (227). This is because Chinese numbers are shorter than English numbers, giving Chinese speakers an advantage. For example, 4 is “si” and 7 is “qi”. Also, Asian children normally learn how to count at a younger age so it makes it easier for them to grasp numbers. Asians are considered outliers because just learning their language gives them an advantage over other