Chapter 2 is called "The 10‚000-Hour Rule"‚ which refers to the claim that to become expert at anything a person must spend 10‚000 hours at it. Gladwell begins by describing the success of a computer programmer named Bill Joy. Joy comes to the University of Michigan as a teenager in 1971 and finds his way to the new computing center that opens there the same year. He becomes a well-known programer famous for his quick ability and skill. After graduate school he co-founds Sun Microsystems and helps
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Reaction paper The Ayala museum is the home of the Philippine’s art‚ history and culture. It is where collections of iconic paintings‚ historic dioramas and historic costumes are displayed. Our class had a fieldtrip to the Ayala museum to find inspiration and to observe the vintage filipinana costumes. I haven’t been in a museum since grade-school‚ so I got very excited when I arrived there. Before we went upstairs‚ where the main exhibits are‚ we walked around the lobby area where there are
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something you do. Meaningful work can be defined as enjoyment of the worker‚ dedication of the worker to the job‚ and involvement that the worker shows toward his or her job. In “The Physical Genius” written by Malcolm Gladwell‚ he talks about how to become a Physical Genius. Gladwell is an English-born Canadian journalist‚ author‚ and speaker. He has written many books and articles in sociology‚ psychology‚ and social psychology. People who have experienced the meaningful work‚ can be
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My Day at the Museum The Field Museum is not the way I remember as a teenager in High School. The Tour Guides were good two out of three guided exhibits within their area of expertise. The other one did it out of love of the area she guided. Over all the description of the exhibits was good. Sandy was the first one to guide me‚ I arrived extra early. My intention was to arrive thirty minimizes early to get acquainted with the information area and to give them a chance to make the necessary arrangements
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Child’s Play Remembering the days of childhood can be a glorious feeling to a grown adult. The worry free happy days that used to seem as if they were never ending. The Children ’s Hands On Museum is a place where kids may go to enjoy a little bit more of that worry free happy feeling while at the same time being encouraged to actively learn. Due to a large amount of technology and the internet‚ many children today are not encouraged to actively learn. CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Question 1 The directors of the Olympic Museum would like to know how to increase the shop performance since the shop should be an important source of income. What do you suggest? In particular‚ consider the product assortment‚ space allocation and point of sale information. Now we are in the role of the product manager for this company. We will try to give appropriate recommendations for improving performance. For the product assortment‚ we are considering both the quantitative data
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The Holocaust refers to the systematic murder of more than six million Jews coordinated by the Nazi party. This was my second visit to the Holocaust museum‚ and I truly appreciated it much more than my first visit. Instead of reading every single word written upon the wall at the museum‚ it was the visual parts of the museum that really moved me and made me ask more questions about the Holocaust. When I walked through the box car I got the chills knowing that during the Holocaust it would be filled
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Collection remains the predominant reason for many a museum’s existence. Most museums collect because they believe that objects are important and evocative survival of human civilization worthy of careful study and powerful educational impact. They carefully preserve their holdings as to transmit important information to the present generation and posterity. Art museums are said to concentrate on beauty and their mission is often defined as the direct transmission of the artist’s aesthetic understanding
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In this world there are several features that are undefined; such as mathematical variables‚ ethics‚ and even aspects of day to day activities. Encased in these undefined aspects is plagiarism‚ or at least it is per Malcom Gladwell. Gladwell‚ in “Something Borrowed”‚ expresses his views on‚ what he considers‚ three central issues with plagiarism. His first issue is that when it comes to academics or literature it has become never acceptable to copy another’s work. Gladwell’s second concern centers
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was the director of the Museum of Fine Arts‚ Boston during this time period of change within the Contemporary Wing. In a PR Newswire Malcolm Rogers addressed the upcoming changes to the museum: ’The designs embody an architectural statement that is not only intensely beautiful but also innovative and precisely functional. The architects have responded magnificently to the needs of the Museum. Their designs will stimulate a revitalized visitor experience within the Museum as well as a greater connection
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