Essay On Outliers By Malcolm Gladwell

If you put 10,000 hours of concentrated effort into something, you will automatically become good at it, regardless of talent or gifted traits. Being successful is one of the driving points of American society. This is the point made by Malcolm Gladwell in his novel Outliers, which is in contrast with the pith of the article “Your Genes Don’t Fit: Why 10,000 Hours of Practice Won’t Make You an Expert.” I am against the 10,000 hour rule and agree with the article, not the book. Many people may disagree with this statement as Malcolm Gladwell has scientifically proven that the 10,000 hour rule is genuine. Gladwell gave many examples, including Bill Gates, the Beatles, Bill Joy, Mozart, Steve Jobs, the best violinists, and chess grandmasters. Gladwell uses scientific evidence to prove that the 10,000 hour rule always proves true over natural talent. Gladwell states a study done by the psychologist K. Anders Ericsson on the number of hours violin students play: “The striking thing about Ericsson's study is that he and his colleagues couldn't find any “natural” musicians who floated effortlessly to the top while practicing a fraction of the time their peers did. …show more content…
If “ANYONE can do it,” then why have special programs for those who have talents. Talents, often the norm for the successful, are deemed unimportant by the 10,000 hour rule. Since these talents don’t exist, these classes are an unnecessary waste. Getting rid of important Gifted classes, these researchers don’t seem to understand how school works. If you ever sit in a Gifted classroom it is easy to see that not every student in the class has put extra work into school. In a “normal” classroom a Gifted kid will quickly become a cat on hot bricks. Instead, they rely on their natural talents to get them through, as they do have a natural talent for