blog post 2: synthesis janip sanfros

Devin Gao

9/18/13

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Blog post 2: Synthesis

The goal I have accomplished was getting into the Jazz Pack in middle school. I do not think people have certain advantages like other people do. I think everyone has equal advantages. People only say they have better advantages but only because other people work harder than others to accomplish their goals and conflicts. In my case, people practice extra on their instrument to get into the Jazz band.

In the book outliers, Gladwell expresses that people who are older excel at more activities than others who are younger. Gladwell’s opinion on the daily question is that older people do have advantages over their younger peers. After reading Gladwell’s opinion of what he has to say about advantages changed mine overall and I do agree with him. His chapter did cause me to rethink of the daily question because of what he has to say about the disadvantages younger people have. The sources that he made are physical activities where the older children mature faster than younger ones and have an advantage over them. Older children get placed on higher ranked teams which means they practice a lot more and play more games during the season. His sources were convincing enough to change my opinion.