The main point of this article is telling the reader that genius' are made not born. People put in the time and effort to become genius' at anything. For example Mozart with the piano or Einstein with mathematics. It didn't surprise me at all to see what they had to say about genius'. I have always believed that anyone can be a genius if they work hard at something. No one who was a genius didn't work hard. "You have to put in at least a decade of focused work to master something and bring greatness within reach" (2 Dobbs).
The authors view of talent started when his mother always told him " SMARRR-ter than the average bear" ( 1 Dobbs) and after that he always thought he was a pretty smart kid. He grew up getting good grades in highs school and saw that his writing talent was way beyond average. He did have a set back in his twenties when all of his ideas were not so great, but he bounced back in his thirties and with a lot of hard work he produced the first large collection of expert reviews called Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance. The book explains to the readers how normal people think of genius' as really just normal people that work extremely hard. " Geniuses are made, not born" ( 1 Dobbs).
Hard work and determination prove to be factors that lead people to become genius'. Like I said earlier no one becomes a genius without hard work or determination. Tiger Woods didn't become the best golfer in the world by sitting on his couch and watching tv. Everyday after school him and his father went to the driving range and hit golf balls with every club in his bag. He hit every club everyday so he could master all of them at a young age.
Leading to success encourages me a lot. I have always wanted to be successful. I don't know why anyone wouldn't want to be successful. People who are successful are usually very hard workers. I feel as I am a very hardworker. I could have overwhelming problems in front of me, but that wouldn't stop me from trying to be the successful person I want to be.
I think you assigned this reading to see if your students are going to work hard in your class and not take an easy way out. Also to maybe do something different because I have never made a blog in my life ( not including Facebook or Twitter) but not a real blog. Lastly, I believe that it is an exercise that is very interesting to most students and will help them learn
First blog post ever, and I think it was pretty good.
-John Callahan
I think your first post is pretty good too
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