Analysis: The Matthew Effect

1. Malcolm Gladwell's, The Matthew Effect argues the opportunity in the country of Canada. The piece argues that the opportunity of the setup of ages being placed by year is unfair. Malcolm shows the example of how boy’s hockey is even subjected to this. In Canada, looking at the statistics of best players, you can see that the boys born in January, February, and March make up 40% of the country's best hockey players. With this being said Malcolm discovers that the cutoff line for age class hockey is January 1st. From the statistics given it leads to the information that boys born in closer to the cutoff mark have more experience than boys who have a summer or fall birthday. Malcolm argues that this opportunity is unfair. Barbara Ehrenreich's,
Due to these low paying jobs people are forced to live in cheap hotels or even their car, because they can't afford enough to live. Managers are given more for doing less than someone who is running around and working for hours which are seemed to be unfair to many in a busy workplace. Politizane’s, Wealth Inequality in America argues that the gap of how who is rich, poor and middle class is very uneven in America. In the video they give an example that 4% of the nation's money goes to the 1% of people who happen to be known as rich. I agree with all the following argument due to all of the opportunities given by Canada or America placed unfairly. I strongly agree with Barbara Ehrenreich's piece of Serving in Florida. In the community of Rochester minimum wage is set at $7.75, with a full time job at the end of the year an individual with minimum wage of about 15,080. A car may cost 10,000 and a house is much more. I agree with the fact of people making minimum wage do not have enough to live but I disagree with the fact that they do more than people who are doing other work. In Rochester, Mayo Clinic and IBM happen to be the biggest
Gladwell's piece of The Matthew Effect came with shocking information. One of most shocking happens to be that most champions in Canadian hockey are born with in the months of January, February, and March. This is surprising until you are given the evidence that those born in those months have more experience due to the cutoff date of hockey in Canada to be January 1st. Another shocking example is that they haven't realized the effect hockey player’s birthday not only affects their ability but their chances of going pro. This is awful that birth order can also be affecting education and possible futures if not fixed. Ehrenreich's piece Serving in Florida, also came with appalling information. One of the examples is that servers which are paid minimum wage are paid significantly less than a manager. It is not so surprising that servers get paid less, but however servers get paid not enough to live. Shockingly servers are paid so little that they are forced to buy hotel rooms, work other jobs, and even live in their car just to survive. This is striking as it’s hard to could imagine having kids and being under these harsh conditions, but working very hard at just to make ends almost meet. The video watched gave information of where the nation's money goes and where people think it goes. Many people thought it went mostly to the rich and then a little to middle and lower class. What is more terrible is that what people think is far off from the reality of where the money