Title
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David
and Goliath : underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants
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Author
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Malcolm
Gladwell
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Call
Number
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BF503
.G53 2013
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Location
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2nd
Floor Social Sciences
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Rating
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Somewhat
Recommended
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Book
Review
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While
I agree with the basic premise of this book, that challenges and
disadvantages can sometimes open up opportunities and abilities that could
not have been attained without the disadvantage, something about the
anecdotal way in which Gladwell makes his points didn’t ring true for me.
There are many many instances of people with disadvantages such as dyslexia
that do not see the same results as those profiled in these chapters. There
were several parts of this book that I did enjoy, particularly those on the
tactics used by civil rights activists and the way the British failed in
their approach to controlling The Troubles in Ireland.
I have to say that what really ruined this book for me was the chapter on the science student who couldn’t hack science in an Ivy League school and was forced to settle for an arts degree. This kind of thinking is small minded and even dangerous in the current environment where teachers of the arts are constantly fighting to retain their funding in many schools and universities. |
Submitted
By
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Taylor
Greene
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Department
or Major
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Leatherby
Libraries
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Status
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Staff
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Chapman
Email
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Monday, June 20, 2016
David and Goliath : underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants
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