Oppurtunity is a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something. In the Outliners Chapter two “ The 10,000 Hour Rule” is all about oppurtunities that have led some of the most iconic people in history to success. They say to truly master your craft you must have 10,000 hours of practice under your belt. Which made me think, do you really need 10,000 hours of practice to be great? Or can you be purely be talented at something without having the 10,000 hours of practice? How Gladwell explains this method is that first all the children start off in the same playing field. Overtime you are able to distingush who is talented , who is good and who is just getting by. The way you are able to tell is that the most talented have the time to practice which increases is over time. They’re able to reach the 10,000 hours rule of mastery because they have one people around them that support them and want them to be great. Two their parents are most likely able to afford to put them in extra tutoring, are extra music classes etc. So they don’t have to work to support themseleves, they have time to practice. As opposed to the child who is good and the the other that is …show more content…
But If you can teach something doesnt that mean that you have mastered that skill? And then if this person is able to be teaching and they aren’t the best at their craft and haven’t mastered this skill. Doesnt that set the children that they are teaching at a disadvantage? If this is so then they will not be on the same playing field as the child that goes to a private school and is taught by a teacher that has mastered their craft. The child with the public school teacher will have to work 10 times harder to be on the same level as the other child with the oppurtunity to be taught by a teacher that has mastered their