In todays blog, I will be responding to other student's responses. Sounds a little crazy, but I will do my best.
Response #1. Calli Palmer's question "How would you deal with the pain of losing a family member?"
Ry's response-I would try and continue living and not make a whole lot of changes too my life. I would still be sad but i would try and go on like I was before. I wouldn't try and hold in my feelings though. Too get over the pain I would just try and remember them for all of the good times together.
My response to his response- I totally agree with Ry. Recovering from a tragdey requires alot of change and time. Also, thinking about the good times of your loss can really help alot.
Response #2 Calli Palmer's question "How would you deal with the pain of losing a family member?"
Morgan's response-If I lost a family member, I would be very upset and probably be in a stage of not knowing what to do anymore. Eventually, I would start to accept the fact and move on. It isn't easy losing a loved one, but sometime, you just have to let go and go on with your life. It would be tough, but we have to realize they're in a better place. To deal with the pain, I'd think about all of the good times we had together and then start to move on because there is nothing I could do anymore to make them be with us still.
My response to her response- I definatley agree with Morgan. Its true, losing a loved one puts us in a state of not knowing what to do but accept what happened. I also think that letting go and moving on with life is the best thing to do. Remember the good thingd about your loved ones can for sure help.
Response #3 Jason's question " Do you enjoy high school?"
JayLynn's response- I do enjoy high school for the most part. I believe this is one of the better high schools, because we are allowed to have some say in what we want to learn about and that makes it a much more enjoyable experience. Friends also help make the high school years that much better because the friends you make here help shape who you become and how the time her goes. But on the other side sometimes stress can get to you and it can come from anywhere such as over zealous parent, school work, peers, teachers, and even the sometimes overwelming idea of the future.
My response to her response- Jay couldn't be more right. Its the society and friends you have that puts the flavor in high school. But still highschool gets stressful. Keeping up with your classes and grades can really be a pain!
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Outliers Blog 3
This is now my 3rd blog. In today's blog, I will discuss the three interesting quotes that I have chosen from my IRU book Outliers and respond to some level 3 questions asked by my peers.
Quote 1.
"It is only by asking where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn't"(Gladwell 19).
I think this is one of the key quotes in the story. The attention getter. The book is about success and how we view it. This quote grabbed my attention thus I continued reading and later found out the environment in which success devolps. The way we view success maybe wrong afterall.
Quote 2.
"All the outliers we've looked at so far were the beneficiaries of some kind of unusual opportunity"(Gladwell 53)
This quote sums it all up. Malcom Gladwell's goal is to prove to people that success isn't just hard work. Alot has to do with luck or an "unusual opportunity." In the first 4 chapters of the book, Gladwell did a great job of proving the unusual opportunities of successful figures. He was indirectly telling us that success comes from luck. This quote pretty much told us that the outliers(successful people) were luckier than the average man.
Quote 3."The culture we belong to and the legacies passed down by our forbears shape the patterns of our acheivement in ways we cannot begin to imagine." (Gladwell 19).
This quote basically tells us that our acheivements in life can be something that our forbears already accomplished. Success doesn't just come from the work of one person.
Response to Ry's level 3 question.
How would you get over the grief of your kids being the killers or victims?
Answer- If my kids were the victims of the Coloumbine Shooting, I honestly wouldn't know how to deal with the grief. The grief would be unbearable knowing my kids were killed by someone who went to school with them. The only way to deal with this grief is just let time pass. There are some things in life we just can't get over and time is the only way out. Knowing that my kids were the not the only ones who died would help a little.
Quote 1.
"It is only by asking where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn't"(Gladwell 19).
I think this is one of the key quotes in the story. The attention getter. The book is about success and how we view it. This quote grabbed my attention thus I continued reading and later found out the environment in which success devolps. The way we view success maybe wrong afterall.
Quote 2.
"All the outliers we've looked at so far were the beneficiaries of some kind of unusual opportunity"(Gladwell 53)
This quote sums it all up. Malcom Gladwell's goal is to prove to people that success isn't just hard work. Alot has to do with luck or an "unusual opportunity." In the first 4 chapters of the book, Gladwell did a great job of proving the unusual opportunities of successful figures. He was indirectly telling us that success comes from luck. This quote pretty much told us that the outliers(successful people) were luckier than the average man.
Quote 3."The culture we belong to and the legacies passed down by our forbears shape the patterns of our acheivement in ways we cannot begin to imagine." (Gladwell 19).
This quote basically tells us that our acheivements in life can be something that our forbears already accomplished. Success doesn't just come from the work of one person.
Response to Ry's level 3 question.
How would you get over the grief of your kids being the killers or victims?
Answer- If my kids were the victims of the Coloumbine Shooting, I honestly wouldn't know how to deal with the grief. The grief would be unbearable knowing my kids were killed by someone who went to school with them. The only way to deal with this grief is just let time pass. There are some things in life we just can't get over and time is the only way out. Knowing that my kids were the not the only ones who died would help a little.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Outliers Blog 5
"I will argue that there is something profoundly wrong with the way we make sense of success"(pg.18 Outliers Gladwell).
This is probably the reason why Malcom Gladwell even wrote Outliers. The way we look at success is somewhat off. When we think of success, we think of the effort that was exerted. We think of the outcomes of our efforts. What we lack to see in success is the opportunities and luck that lead us to success. We lack to observe the environment in which the patch of success started.
"People don't rise from nothing"(Pg .19 Outliers Gladwell)
Basically what Gladwell is saying that we all start with something. For example, Bill Gates had an opportunity that most Americans didn't have. He had access to a computer. His parents were wealthy enough to buy him time to use a computer. He was in a club that raised money for computer use. He went to a college that had a computer lab.Which most colleges at the time didn't have. Bill Gates pretty much saw his future. He started with a tool that most Americans didn't have. Bill Gates is very successful and is appreciated for his work, but he was still given an opportunity almost no one had. Bill Gates didnt rise from nothing.
Links-
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/nov/23/outliers-story-success-malcolm-gladwell, clicking this link will take you to the success story of Malcom Gladwell and how he came to discover the opportunites and luck of others.
http://blog.success.com/success/landing-the-big-one-the-story-behind-success-profiles/. This link takes you to the cover of Success Magazine. It discusses different stories of success from movie actors to average people. It contains a variety of success stories.
http://hr.toolbox.com/blogs/search-for-mutual-success/business-enlightenment-success-from-how-we-see-our-environment-45331
This link will take you to an explanation of how we view success. It talks about how success is the oppurtunities you make, not the ones you find by mistake. I think this article definatly relates to Outliers. It may even be sending a more clear direct message.
This is probably the reason why Malcom Gladwell even wrote Outliers. The way we look at success is somewhat off. When we think of success, we think of the effort that was exerted. We think of the outcomes of our efforts. What we lack to see in success is the opportunities and luck that lead us to success. We lack to observe the environment in which the patch of success started.
"People don't rise from nothing"(Pg .19 Outliers Gladwell)
Basically what Gladwell is saying that we all start with something. For example, Bill Gates had an opportunity that most Americans didn't have. He had access to a computer. His parents were wealthy enough to buy him time to use a computer. He was in a club that raised money for computer use. He went to a college that had a computer lab.Which most colleges at the time didn't have. Bill Gates pretty much saw his future. He started with a tool that most Americans didn't have. Bill Gates is very successful and is appreciated for his work, but he was still given an opportunity almost no one had. Bill Gates didnt rise from nothing.
Links-
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/nov/23/outliers-story-success-malcolm-gladwell, clicking this link will take you to the success story of Malcom Gladwell and how he came to discover the opportunites and luck of others.
http://blog.success.com/success/landing-the-big-one-the-story-behind-success-profiles/. This link takes you to the cover of Success Magazine. It discusses different stories of success from movie actors to average people. It contains a variety of success stories.
http://hr.toolbox.com/blogs/search-for-mutual-success/business-enlightenment-success-from-how-we-see-our-environment-45331
This link will take you to an explanation of how we view success. It talks about how success is the oppurtunities you make, not the ones you find by mistake. I think this article definatly relates to Outliers. It may even be sending a more clear direct message.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Outliers Blog 2
In last week's blog, I discussed the first chapter of Outliers. I have now completed 2 more chapters since then. These 2 chapters talked about success in sports and how most of the professional athletes had birthdays in the first 3 months of the year ( January, February, and March). Somehow, there birthdays played a major role in their success. Their birthdays put them a year ahead of everyone giving them a physical and mental advantage when they were kids. Today I will be asking a variety of questions that have certain levels.
Level 2 questions-
1. What caused Roger Barnsley to research more into pro hockey players' birthdays.
2. Why do most pro hockey players have birthdays in the first 3 months of the year.
3. How are hockey players' birthdays an advantage to them?
4. How does the "Matthew Effect" apply to pro hockey?
5.How did Smith Wasden discover his love for hockey?
Level 3 questions-
1. How is your birthday an advantage to you?
2. Does your birthday affect you in sports?
Level 2 questions-
1. What caused Roger Barnsley to research more into pro hockey players' birthdays.
2. Why do most pro hockey players have birthdays in the first 3 months of the year.
3. How are hockey players' birthdays an advantage to them?
4. How does the "Matthew Effect" apply to pro hockey?
5.How did Smith Wasden discover his love for hockey?
Level 3 questions-
1. How is your birthday an advantage to you?
2. Does your birthday affect you in sports?
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