David and Goliath
Growing up in rural Minnesota has had it’s disadvantages. But it has also had it’s advantages. Just like what Malcolm Gladwell highlights in his book “David and Goliath: misfits and the art of battling Giants.”
Having a childhood in rural Minnesota was not always as wondrous as the magazines make it out to be. There is a lack of communication, a lack of connection and the nearest convenience store is 10 miles away. This made it hard to connect with people who lived in Urban or Suburban Minnesota. This made me feel like a misfit. Just like Vivek Ranadive in chapter 1. He was a misfit and was often criticized for how he viewed the world. But he turned this around to be his giant. He used his inexperience to bring a new …show more content…
Within homeschooling, came fieldtrips such as going to an old war fort, seeing how people lived during the civil war and spending hours upon hours learning skills that most schools don’t teach, such as sewing, or making tracks in the woods. Growing up in rural Minnesota also brought plenty of opportunity for imagination. You could always slip outside when your mother was preparing dinner to “Watch for Jack Frost” or to go play with the icicles. When the time came to go to school in town, you were able to bring in new ideas. New perspectives to problem solving that city kids were unable to. This however, often resulted in being shunned and bullied by the other kids who did not understand your point of view.
The shunning and the bullying sounds an awful like what Vivek Ranadive had to endure. ““The referee did not believe in “one, two, three, attitude, hah!” He didn’t think that playing to deny the inbounds pass was basketball. He began calling one foul after another.” Malcolm, pg. 25
To Vivek, despite the fact that they had lost this game, it was still a success to them. It was a success because they proved that “Goliath is not the giant he thinks he is” Malcolm, pg.
Growing up in rural Minnesota has had it’s disadvantages. But it has also had it’s advantages. Just like what Malcolm Gladwell highlights in his book “David and Goliath: misfits and the art of battling Giants.”
Having a childhood in rural Minnesota was not always as wondrous as the magazines make it out to be. There is a lack of communication, a lack of connection and the nearest convenience store is 10 miles away. This made it hard to connect with people who lived in Urban or Suburban Minnesota. This made me feel like a misfit. Just like Vivek Ranadive in chapter 1. He was a misfit and was often criticized for how he viewed the world. But he turned this around to be his giant. He used his inexperience to bring a new …show more content…
Within homeschooling, came fieldtrips such as going to an old war fort, seeing how people lived during the civil war and spending hours upon hours learning skills that most schools don’t teach, such as sewing, or making tracks in the woods. Growing up in rural Minnesota also brought plenty of opportunity for imagination. You could always slip outside when your mother was preparing dinner to “Watch for Jack Frost” or to go play with the icicles. When the time came to go to school in town, you were able to bring in new ideas. New perspectives to problem solving that city kids were unable to. This however, often resulted in being shunned and bullied by the other kids who did not understand your point of view.
The shunning and the bullying sounds an awful like what Vivek Ranadive had to endure. ““The referee did not believe in “one, two, three, attitude, hah!” He didn’t think that playing to deny the inbounds pass was basketball. He began calling one foul after another.” Malcolm, pg. 25
To Vivek, despite the fact that they had lost this game, it was still a success to them. It was a success because they proved that “Goliath is not the giant he thinks he is” Malcolm, pg.