Reference no: EM131370650
Self-Reflection Profile Essay
The assignment for this week consists of composing a profile of yourself as a reader, writer, and critical thinker. Gladwell presented some questions and ideas that challenge the traditional way of thinking about life. For this assignment, you will present a self-reflection profile essay about yourself as it relates to "The 10,000-Hour Rule." After reading the introduction and Chapter 2 of Outliers, and Chapter 1 in A Rulebook for Arguments, you will present the answers to the questions below in an essay format.
- Present some general information about yourself.
- Considering the readings from A Rulebook for Arguments, how do you argue for or against Gladwell's "The 10,000-Hour Rule" philosophy?
- How has reading Chapters 1 and 2 of Outliers influenced your thoughts about what will be required to succeed professionally and academically?
Remember, this is an essay. You will need an introduction to a thesis, a body, and a conclusion that summarizes the body of the paper. The body of the paper will have the answers to the three questions in several paragraphs. You may or may not have 5 paragraphs, as this is an outdated standard of numbering the paragraphs in a paper. This paper may be written in the first person. Do not use you, as this is the second person and the reader.
Assignment requirements:
This assignment requires that you follow the MLA guides for structuring an essay. This is the only assignment which uses MLA in the course. Please review MLA format, as it has changed due to an update to the 8th Edition, at Purdue OWL. The link is below. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/
The essay should be between 750 and 1000 words. This does not include the Works Cited and MLA does not use a title page. Develop your argument to support the structure presented in A Rulebook for Arguments.
Reading:
Outliers:
- Chapter 1: The Matthew Effect (pages 15-34)
- Chapter 2: The 10,000-Hour Rule (pages 35-68)
A Rulebook for Arguments by Anthony Weston
Introduction - xi-xiv
- Chapter 1: Short Arguments: Some General Guidelines (pages 1-7)
- Chapter 2: Generalizations (pages 9-17)
Textbooks:
A Rulebook for Arguments: Weston, A. (2009) Rulebook for arguments. 4th Ed., Hackett Publishing Co. ISBN-13: 978-0872209541
Outliers: Gladwell, M (2008). Outliers: The story of success. Reprint, Back Bay Books. ISBN-13: 978-0316017930
Attachment:- Self-Reflection Paper.rar
|
What is the minimum probability
: According to Chebyshev's theorem, what is the minimum probability that a random variable will be within 4 standard deviations of its mean?
|
|
How have customer order winner for netflixs customer changed
: How have the customers' order winners for Netflix's customers changed over time? Would today's customer be satisfied by the delivery performance or selection of Netflix's "old" supply chain?
|
|
Robust model testing and validation
: Accurate and well structured model construction with comprehensive description - Robust model testing and validation. Calculation of correct trim conditions and associated linear models and analysis of the longitudinal dynamics using frequency techni..
|
|
Histology support function
: Are the junctions between (transporting) cells tight or leaky? Why does this histology support their function?
|
|
Consists of composing a profile of yourself as a reader
: The assignment for this week consists of composing a profile of yourself as a reader, writer, and critical thinker. Gladwell presented some questions and ideas that challenge the traditional way of thinking about life
|
|
Conduct a discriminant analysis and state your conclusions
: Production costs are in millions of dollars, and promotions in hundreds of thousands of dollars; S denotes success and F failure.
|
|
Find the cumulative distribution function of x
: Find the probability that the annual income of a hedge fund manager will be greater than $600 million and less than or equal to $1.5 billion.
|
|
What are the dietary reference intakes
: These values, which vary by age and gender, include: Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA): average daily level of intake sufficient to meet the nutrient requirements of nearly all (97%-98%) healthy people. What are the Dietary Reference Intakes?
|
|
Design your own movie rating system and explain
: My new movie rating system will be based on age groups. I think using age groupings will help parents to decide about a movie, first based on the age group rating of the movie, and then they can take into account the maturity of the child.
|