The eighth chapter of the book outliers is named “Rice Paddies and Math Tests”. In this chapter Gladwell discusses more of the cultural legacy and demand of it on hard work. It explains some of their proverbs and idioms in this chapter. One of his points is that children who grow in a rice farmer families are tend to be more hard work and they are more careful and planning. Gladwell explains how agricultural differences can effect on differences in upbringing. Gladwell discuss keys to success in this chapter of the book he uses the Chinese proverb that says “No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year falls to make his family rich” Gladwell uses this quote to demonstrate how important and crucial hard work is to success.
