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“Daily Question”

I would have to say no, because we all start the same way. None of us are born being able to do anything. We all in one way or another have to work for what we want. Whether it’s for a sport, concert, and a play we all have to work for that achievement we want. We are not all born being perfect at everything there is. It all depends on your determination you have for what you want.

 

“The Matthew Effect”

          Matthew Gladwells opinion is that some people are not born with natural talent. They have to earn it. I would have to agree with him people are not born perfect they have to train for it. What he wrote only made me think my response to the daily question was right. The way he use hockey from Canada to support his claim was really useful. It really helped to understand what he meant.

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   I do dance recitals at Point Dance Academy. People do have advantages when it comes to competitive and goal-oriented activities because some can be more athletic in sports then others. Or more flexible in dance, gymnastics, etc.

  Gladwell's opinion on the daily question was that teenagers who are older do better in school and in sports. I don't agree with him because age doesn't matter, someone can be 15 and do bad in school, while a 13 year old could be doing good. It depends on your study habits, if you do homework or not, what college you want to go to, and what you do to help yourself achieve goals in school. Some of the sources he used to back up his point was that hockey players who are 9 and 10, will get picked for the "rep" squad and their gonna get better coaching, their teammates are gonna be better, they'll also get to play 50 or 65 games a season instead of 20 games like the one's in the "house" league. To me, these weren't convincing sources because how can you prove that the "rep" squad is getting better coaching and has better teammates? The "home" league could be getting the same coaching and have better teammates.

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        I believe that some people do have advantages. When I was in the junior Olympics I had to be with the 15 and 16 year olds and I was only 14. Most of the people that were in my age group had much more experience than me. I was the only one that was in middle school everyone else was in high school and did high school track. This created a very big disadvantage for me when I had to run. I do agree with Gladwell because he said that most people that were born in January have an advantage and I do agree with that. The chapter didn’t make me rethink about my response it just made me connect because I’ve been through the same thing. The sources he used to convince me was hockey and birthdays and these were some of the sources he used to make his point.

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Some people are born with natural talent that makes them better at some things like football, basketball, baseball. But they also train and practice to get better and to strengthen their talent by watching videos, going to camps, training, working out, etc.in the Matthew effect book he was telling us how when he looked at data he found that kids or people  born in January, February, march are better at things the kids born on a different month. His opinion on the daily question was that when people born in January, February, or March were they better than people born in different months. The chapter did not help change my daily question answer.

 

 Its Gladwell's opinion.

 

Well there was this girl in my gymnastics class named Mikayla.

She was born double jointed…so basically she was born flexible.

I however was not I had to work my way to the top and she strolls on in it is basically handed to her.

I had the highest DOD in the level, and Coach Morgan took hat away from me for her.

Gladwell’s opinion on the daily question is that kids who play sports with various ages and are older

have a better advantage in that sport like hockey.

 

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Some people have advantages with anything goal-oriented because they just naturally have a gift to do really well. For instance, I’m good at tennis, even though I have never played before. The coach says that I’m a natural. Certain people just have it in their genes to be good at something. Most of the time, they can’t help it.

                Gladwell’s opinion is that people aren’t born with goal-oriented talents. He believes that people work for their achievements. I would have to agree and disagree with him. I would agree with him because if you work hard for something, it can pay off. On the other hand, I disagree because sometimes people have natural talents and they can’t control them. Gladwell’s chapter did make me re-think my response to the daily question. To make his points, Gladwell used the player roster of the 2007 Medicine Hat Tigers and the study made by Kelly Bedard and Elizabeth Dhuey. They are convincing resources because it shows that once you get in honors classes, then you just keep being ahead. It also shows that higher-level people tend to succeed more. In the end, Gladwell changed my thoughts a little bit on if people have advantages with anything goal-oriented.

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Kanon Heyn 9/18/13

When I played Rugby over the last few years, I had a huge advantage. Not many other players on my team, or even in my league were as big or as tall as I am. I could run the ball in for a try, and hardly ever get tackled. Of course, I tackled very hard, not letting go. There are also disadvantages to being my size, like the fact that I am not very fast compared to others. As opposed to most of the backs on my team, and many other players in my league. All in all, everyone has advantages and disadvantages of their own. Everyone is good at something, but other things are harder for them to do.

This relates to what Gladwell wrote because I have the age difference, maturity difference, and physical difference that he described in his story. I agree with what he wrote, for the most part. I agree that some people have some advantages over others, and disadvantages too, but it’s no always age. I play for a u-16 (ages 14-16) Rugby team, and there are plenty of players in my league, even on my team, who are older than 14, yet I have an advantage of height and strength over them