More people that have talent can obtain10,000 hours of practice in their interest, if they get an opportunity to reach expertise (42).The examples that Gladwell uses are: the violinists, the Beatles, and Bill Gates because his mother’s club having funds to finance a computer club at his high school, and having the opportunity to use the computer at the University of Washington. The skill of practical intelligence is usually obtained from a person’s family through the way that they raise their children (102). Some examples include Annette Lareau study of Outliers and J. Robert Oppenheimer since he was put in charge of the Manhattan Project even though, while at Cambridge, he attempted to poison his tutor. I agree. In the second chapter of Outliers,
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Gladwell says, “It’s a set of skills that have to be learned. It has to come from somewhere, and the place where we seem to get these kinds of attitudes and skills is from our families (102). Practical intelligence is a skill that someone learns from their family. This is how someone discovers how to, or what to currently do with what skills or products are in demand. My mother grew up in a large family, so she had to learn how to cook. My grandmother and my great grandmother also grew up in a large family, and had to learn to make use of what they had. Many meals that my grandmother cooked she improvised because she didn’t had all the ingredients. My great- grandmother grew up during the great depression with eleven children. She also provided a nutritious meal, even though it was it might not have been exactly what they liked to eat, however there was always food on the table. My great-grandmother wouldn’t go to bed until she had at least some bread and milk in the house. My grandmother lived in a rural area, as a child, in the county and they grew a portion of their food and raised a small amount of livestock since they didn’t have much they had to kill, clean, and prepare their own meat. They also would have to can fruits and vegetables when the produce was in season, instead of going to the grocery store. My grandmother would talk about the process having a live chicken to making
Gladwell says, “It’s a set of skills that have to be learned. It has to come from somewhere, and the place where we seem to get these kinds of attitudes and skills is from our families (102). Practical intelligence is a skill that someone learns from their family. This is how someone discovers how to, or what to currently do with what skills or products are in demand. My mother grew up in a large family, so she had to learn how to cook. My grandmother and my great grandmother also grew up in a large family, and had to learn to make use of what they had. Many meals that my grandmother cooked she improvised because she didn’t had all the ingredients. My great- grandmother grew up during the great depression with eleven children. She also provided a nutritious meal, even though it was it might not have been exactly what they liked to eat, however there was always food on the table. My great-grandmother wouldn’t go to bed until she had at least some bread and milk in the house. My grandmother lived in a rural area, as a child, in the county and they grew a portion of their food and raised a small amount of livestock since they didn’t have much they had to kill, clean, and prepare their own meat. They also would have to can fruits and vegetables when the produce was in season, instead of going to the grocery store. My grandmother would talk about the process having a live chicken to making