David And Goliath Summary
The chapter that I choose in the book “David and Goliath” by Malcom Gladwell for this difficulty paper is Chapter Four: David Boise. I personally choose this chapter because I can relate deeply regarding the context. The author started off with a question to the readers which is “You wouldn’t wish dyslexia on your child, or would you?” where majority might answer no, of course. As he elaborates on the chapter, the readers may have the sense for what the author is trying to talk about, which is he is trying to connect the ‘difficulties’ of being a dyslexia in a society, and turn it into an advantages to succeed in life, just like the concept of David and Goliath. In the chapter, he added a couple more stories other than David Boise-one of the
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Another technique that I use to comprehend this chapter more intensely is I can personally relate with the situation and condition faced by dyslexia children. As a child, I have difficulty in reading too, not because I have a disease or anything, it is just I don’t like to read or understand something through words. Just like normal children, we are tend to have interest in comic book and television because all of them involve pictures and animation which have a clear story line and a simple language usage. And like most of the kids in the 21st century, some acquire language and acquisition through these type of media and approaches. But as I start to grow older, I learned that I can only comprehend language and interact socially as the same level in television and comic book – usage of slang and simple words, not academic structured sentences. I have difficulties in applying complex vocabulary and sentences in my writing which I have been struggling throughout my junior years. This difficulties is somewhat similar with dyslexia kids – language acquisition in school. By reading the chapter which explain how David Boise turn his difficulties into his advantage through his listening ability is very astonishing. By then, I realize I might use the same method as
Another technique that I use to comprehend this chapter more intensely is I can personally relate with the situation and condition faced by dyslexia children. As a child, I have difficulty in reading too, not because I have a disease or anything, it is just I don’t like to read or understand something through words. Just like normal children, we are tend to have interest in comic book and television because all of them involve pictures and animation which have a clear story line and a simple language usage. And like most of the kids in the 21st century, some acquire language and acquisition through these type of media and approaches. But as I start to grow older, I learned that I can only comprehend language and interact socially as the same level in television and comic book – usage of slang and simple words, not academic structured sentences. I have difficulties in applying complex vocabulary and sentences in my writing which I have been struggling throughout my junior years. This difficulties is somewhat similar with dyslexia kids – language acquisition in school. By reading the chapter which explain how David Boise turn his difficulties into his advantage through his listening ability is very astonishing. By then, I realize I might use the same method as