Tanya. “The History of the English Language-Concisely.” A.P. English Language and Composition 427. Tahquitz High School. Hemet‚ 28 August 2012. Bryson‚ Bill. The Mother Tongue- English And How It Got That Way. London: Harper Collins‚ 1991. Gladwell‚ Malcolm. Outliers The Story of Success. London: Penguin Books‚ 2009. Orwell‚ George. 1984. New York: New American Library‚ 1977. Pagel‚ Mark. “How Language Transformed Humanity.” TED Conferences LLC. New York‚ 01 August 2011. Sedaris‚ David. Me Talk Pretty
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amount of success that is attainable in a specific time and place. A particular set of circumstances‚ largely outside of anyone’s control‚ often determines the triumph or failure of a given subject. In the acclaimed Outliers: The Story of Success‚ best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell thoroughly examines numerous overlooked causes for fame and achievements of legendary figures. Henry Ford‚ one of the most significant industrialists in world history‚ undoubtedly realized his level of fortune‚ at least
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Collectivist Society in Anthem Imagine yourself unable to be your true self or even look in the mirror‚ Equality learned that is not the way to live his life. In the book Anthem by Ayn Rand‚ the Council promotes a collectivist society with practices like lack of freedom of career choice‚ self-view‚ and overall individuality. This relates with our world today. People’s lives are greatly impacted on their particular political figures opinion. This relates to another piece of work by Ayn Rand‚ “The
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An immigrant is a person who goes to live permanently in a new country. Some natives are welcoming immigrants with open arms. However‚ there are always two sides to every issue‚ and some see immigrants as troubled foreigners looking for a new site to take jobs and introduce illegal substances to citizens. Stereotypes play a large role in the hateful discrimination against human beings who are simply looking for a better life. A stereotype is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified idea or image
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basically to get anything and everything you could ever want and more. Some feel that this is achieved by choosing your dream‚ but you must also have opportunities. In the past book I have read‚ Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell‚ the American dream is achieved through opportunity‚ hard work and time. Gladwell never made the American dream sound easy to achieve‚ but he did try to give tips‚ to those who don’t usually pay attention to the opportunities they get‚ to help them towards their journey to success
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People all around the world have different communication styles based on their culture legacies. I‚ too‚ am affected by my Chinese culture when I communicate with others. In the chapter “The Ethnic Theory on Plane Crashes” in Outlier‚ author Malcolm Gladwell discusses the importance of cultural legacy on communication. Many of the plane crashes can be explained with “mitigated speech” by plane officers‚ meaning “any attempt to downplay or sugarcoat the meaning of what is being said” (194). People’s
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tells us what separates a talented individual from success is hard work which is something not given at all. Hard work is something you have to want for yourself and you have to go after it with everything you have to succeed. Also in the book “Outliers” it is said that working hard and practicing will get you further than sheer talent and that if you practice 10‚000 hours you will be excellent at your sport or activity. The main thing that I took from this was work ethic‚ because in order for you
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opportunity and by working themselves up from the bottom were able to live a meaningful life. This sort of work ethic is then instilled in the kids and the next generation is helped by it and this becomes another advantage for those kids making them outliers. As Gladwell says they do not become successful in spite of their poor origins they
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A person can put their life on the road to success‚ no matter the circumstances‚ if they have a positive‚ strong‚ and optimistic frame of mind. There are many different specific mindsets that can be used to succeed and sticking to a few or even just one can help to achieve a goal‚ experience new things‚ make a change‚ and do something one never thought was possible. The minute a person changes their mentality about a goal‚ activity‚ event‚ or anything‚ they will begin to see a difference in the
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“constructive criticism”. An example of students benefiting is when Lipman writes herself‚ “Psychologist K. Anders Ericsson gained fame for his research showing that true expertise requires 10‚000 hours of practice‚ a notion popularized by Malcolm Gladwell in his book “Outliers”. But an often-overlooked finding from the study is equally important: True expertise requires teachers who give “constructive‚ even painful‚ feedback‚” as Dr.Ericsson put in a 2007 Harvard Business Review article. He assessed research
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