Ch. 7 Outliers: The Story of Success
Quote: “Their problem was that they were trapped in roles dictated by the heavy weight of their country’s cultural legacy.” I picked this quote because I have experience dealing with strict cultural legacy, while I was in Korea.
Question: For students who come from cultures where roles are highly dictated by age and respect, how can we teach students to speak their mind clearly?
Connection: I have spent a significant time in Korea, age and social standing has a huge impact on how people socialize together. From this story it shows how these social norms can be damaging when people need to work as a team as with the pilot and copilot.
Epiphany/Aha: My Aha moment was finding how detrimental it is to effectively communicate. This situation where lives are put on the line and inferior employees can’t communicate their emotions and thoughts effectively.
Ch. 8 Outliers: The Story of Success
Quote: “We should be able to predict which countries are best at math simply by looking at which national cultures place the highest emphasis on effort and hard work.” (248) I picked the quote because I feel it hold great importance upon our nation and the effort we are willing to go through in order to learn.
Question: How can we encourage and motivate students to develop the highest emphasis on hard work and effort?
Connection: While in Korea, I have witness the hard work and effort that many of the citizens of the country go through in order to have a better life. I have witness how much they focus on school and what types of after school programs they go through. Many students spend up to 12 hours a day in a learning environment.
Epiphany/Aha: My Aha moment was realizing where the stereo type comes from with regards to Asian countries being better at math. From what the author says is that students are willing to work harder than most other countries. That willingness is what makes it easier for them to learn more efficiently.
Ch. 9 Outliers: The Story of Success
Quote: “Outliers are those who have been given opportunities—and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them.” (267) This quote does a beautiful job a not just summarizing the chapter but also the entire book.
Question: What can we do for students to give them the presence of mind to seize the opportunities set in front of them?
Connection: A connection I made in this chapter is seeing the work that some young people are putting in to better their lives. Watching Martha work hard and understand the importance of education to better her life.
Epiphany/Aha: My Aha moment was reading about how during the school year students who have a lower socioeconomic status learn just as much if not more than more privilege students. For students who are more poor don’t have any learning gains during the summer. I hate to say this, but it looks like long summer breaks need to go away.:(
Quote: “Their problem was that they were trapped in roles dictated by the heavy weight of their country’s cultural legacy.” I picked this quote because I have experience dealing with strict cultural legacy, while I was in Korea.
Question: For students who come from cultures where roles are highly dictated by age and respect, how can we teach students to speak their mind clearly?
Connection: I have spent a significant time in Korea, age and social standing has a huge impact on how people socialize together. From this story it shows how these social norms can be damaging when people need to work as a team as with the pilot and copilot.
Epiphany/Aha: My Aha moment was finding how detrimental it is to effectively communicate. This situation where lives are put on the line and inferior employees can’t communicate their emotions and thoughts effectively.
Ch. 8 Outliers: The Story of Success
Quote: “We should be able to predict which countries are best at math simply by looking at which national cultures place the highest emphasis on effort and hard work.” (248) I picked the quote because I feel it hold great importance upon our nation and the effort we are willing to go through in order to learn.
Question: How can we encourage and motivate students to develop the highest emphasis on hard work and effort?
Connection: While in Korea, I have witness the hard work and effort that many of the citizens of the country go through in order to have a better life. I have witness how much they focus on school and what types of after school programs they go through. Many students spend up to 12 hours a day in a learning environment.
Epiphany/Aha: My Aha moment was realizing where the stereo type comes from with regards to Asian countries being better at math. From what the author says is that students are willing to work harder than most other countries. That willingness is what makes it easier for them to learn more efficiently.
Ch. 9 Outliers: The Story of Success
Quote: “Outliers are those who have been given opportunities—and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them.” (267) This quote does a beautiful job a not just summarizing the chapter but also the entire book.
Question: What can we do for students to give them the presence of mind to seize the opportunities set in front of them?
Connection: A connection I made in this chapter is seeing the work that some young people are putting in to better their lives. Watching Martha work hard and understand the importance of education to better her life.
Epiphany/Aha: My Aha moment was reading about how during the school year students who have a lower socioeconomic status learn just as much if not more than more privilege students. For students who are more poor don’t have any learning gains during the summer. I hate to say this, but it looks like long summer breaks need to go away.:(