In Chapter 4 of Outlier’s "The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 2," starts out about the story of growth in Chris Langan. It about Chris Langan and how came up from poverty and a troubled childhood: with his biological father disappearing at a young age and how he took his last name from his biological mother's abusive and thoughtless fourth husband. After how Langan grew up during hard times, Langan eventually attended Reed College on a full scholarship. However, in which he lost the scholarship because his mother had floundered his financial aid paperwork it wasn’t properly filled out. He eventually dropped out, of Reed College and, later started attending Montana State University, in which he also left second college without even
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Even though he came from Jewish immigrant parents most people whom did not come from an outstanding background and religion in that era ended up going to smaller firms and took “whatever came in the door.”
Chapter 5 summarizes Lewis Turman’s study. How some children who are born with high IQs were born between 1903 and 1917, and how some were eventually successful and some were not. The ones who were successful usually came from a wealthy background. Non-achievers were more likely to have been born earlier in that period. It all goes back to the depression Era though. Not all “Jewish lawyers had chosen to became professionals in spite of their humble origins. Instead they would become professionals because of their backgrounds.” (Gladwell 153) Louise
Farkasa sociologist who had conducted an investigation outlining the family trees of Jewish families from the 1930’s. She discovered that multiple family trees of
Jewish immigrants, and their children, who had poor positions became wealthy due to hard work and determination. So, it comes down to self-assertiveness like the previous story. You don’t have to be born on a certain date or year to be successful. If you want something bad enough you can thrive to achieve …show more content…
He then uses the town of Harlan, Kentucky as an example to support his claim. Cultural legacies are evident in this town and Gladwell uses various sources to make them clear to the reader.
How can cultural legacy pass through multi generations? Chapter six would be a great chapter to discuss this section of the book because it shows how an experiment that was done to show how cultural legacy pass through generations. A brief history was given of the problems that occurred in the south due to the culture of honor. Then, the book talks about how they conducted the same experiment on a group of young men that came from a family that believed in the idea of culture of honor. When they insulted these men, their honor had been challenged, so they got more hostile than the ones who did not come from the same culture. By this it showed us that they still live by same ideas of their ancestors before them.
After reading the three chapters I have come to a conclusion that you do not have to be born on a certain date or come from a successful background to achieve the goals you have in life. You can be from an average family and more than average background
Even though he came from Jewish immigrant parents most people whom did not come from an outstanding background and religion in that era ended up going to smaller firms and took “whatever came in the door.”
Chapter 5 summarizes Lewis Turman’s study. How some children who are born with high IQs were born between 1903 and 1917, and how some were eventually successful and some were not. The ones who were successful usually came from a wealthy background. Non-achievers were more likely to have been born earlier in that period. It all goes back to the depression Era though. Not all “Jewish lawyers had chosen to became professionals in spite of their humble origins. Instead they would become professionals because of their backgrounds.” (Gladwell 153) Louise
Farkasa sociologist who had conducted an investigation outlining the family trees of Jewish families from the 1930’s. She discovered that multiple family trees of
Jewish immigrants, and their children, who had poor positions became wealthy due to hard work and determination. So, it comes down to self-assertiveness like the previous story. You don’t have to be born on a certain date or year to be successful. If you want something bad enough you can thrive to achieve …show more content…
He then uses the town of Harlan, Kentucky as an example to support his claim. Cultural legacies are evident in this town and Gladwell uses various sources to make them clear to the reader.
How can cultural legacy pass through multi generations? Chapter six would be a great chapter to discuss this section of the book because it shows how an experiment that was done to show how cultural legacy pass through generations. A brief history was given of the problems that occurred in the south due to the culture of honor. Then, the book talks about how they conducted the same experiment on a group of young men that came from a family that believed in the idea of culture of honor. When they insulted these men, their honor had been challenged, so they got more hostile than the ones who did not come from the same culture. By this it showed us that they still live by same ideas of their ancestors before them.
After reading the three chapters I have come to a conclusion that you do not have to be born on a certain date or come from a successful background to achieve the goals you have in life. You can be from an average family and more than average background