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Post your responses to the questions at the Discussion Board by 10pm on each due date. p.5-6-7
 * 1- ** **Roseto** is a town in Italy where people immigrated from to NY and then settled in PA. The mystery began when a doctor and a physician were talking, and the doctor said to him that he had never or rarely seen a Rosetan died from a __#|heart disease__ under the age of 65. At this point, the physician started to wonder why and what could possibly be the reasons of this phenomenon. Later on, he discovered that the reason was in their life, how do they live their daily lives, shopping, cooking, talking, etc. This is The Roseto Mystery and this was an ‘’outlier’’ as the book says.
 * 1- ** **Roseto** is a town in Italy where people immigrated from to NY and then settled in PA. The mystery began when a doctor and a physician were talking, and the doctor said to him that he had never or rarely seen a Rosetan died from a __#|heart disease__ under the age of 65. At this point, the physician started to wonder why and what could possibly be the reasons of this phenomenon. Later on, he discovered that the reason was in their life, how do they live their daily lives, shopping, cooking, talking, etc. This is The Roseto Mystery and this was an ‘’outlier’’ as the book says.
 * Gladwell began //Outliers// with this story to emphasize and illustrate his meaning of the word outlier.

p.28-30
 * 2-** **The** ** Matthew Effect ** is a name called by two economists, who found out that among fourth graders, the oldest children scored approximately four to twelve percentile points better than youngest children.

And they gave examples of hockey players stories, the Beatles, as well as Bill Gates and how do they all succeeded in their lives. p.55
 * 3- ** As the book says on page 47, the **Ten-Thousand hour rule** is a general rule of success.

What he meant by that is having a very high IQ score isn’t success, and the person who scores 170 is more like to think like someone whose IQ is 70. A study showed that the best IQ score is somewhere between 120-140 and who score in this range is more likely to be successful in life than those who score 170-180. Then they explain why by comparing the IQ with basketball, and if the basketball player was too short or too tall, he/she won’t play professionally, and it is the same with the IQ. P.80
 * 4-** Gladwell said in his book that the relationship between success and IQ works only to a point. P.78


 * 5-** like the stories in Roseto mystery and the Matthew effect, there is a story in this chapter, which is the ‘’ practical intelligence’’. The practical intelligence is a skill that helps to convince and persuade someone to do what you want. For example, how Chris Langan could get the approval of his request to change sections from the morning to the afternoon instead of being denied.


 * 6-** Joe Flom is a lawyer in a firm, who had overcame his problems such as poverty,etc. He attended Harvard University, even though he didn’t have any college degrees . ‘’Joe Flom is an outlier’’ Gladwell says.
 * Lesson One: The Importance of Being Jewish.
 * Lesson Two: Demographic Luck.
 * Lesson Three: The Garment Industry and Meaningful Work.


 * Ayman Daghistani**

**//__ 1.1What is the "Roseto Mystery"? __//**
==== The Roseto is a place in Italy, located in the southeast of the city of Rome, preserved a medieval town. The townsfolk rose with the sun and rested with the sunset. Until the end of the 19th century, the townsfolk began immigrating to the United States, arriving near the city of Bangor, Pennsylvania, United States. Then the townsfolk began buying land and constructing Roseto (New Village) in Bangor. Roseto (New Village) in Bangor became Italian Roseto replica. However, it is surprising that are the __#|health__ of Roseto immigrants and their descendants. ** {Page 7} ** 1.Their age of residents under the age of 55 and no one had died of a heart attack. 2. For men over sixty-five, the death rate from heart disease was roughly half that of the United States as a whole. Moreover, there is no suicide, alcoholism, __#|drug addiction__, and very little crime. __Therefore,__ __ in the United States, __ Roseto __ residents was a outlier. __ Scholars have conducted in-depth study of the multidisciplinary. ** {Page 8,9} ** However, the conclusion is that the secret of the Roseto physical and mental health was not __#|diet__, exercise, gene and geographical location. __Their health secrets were themselves.__ The relationship of three generation living and neighborhood is very intimate, the community is full of the spirit of equality, and the wealthy would help townsfolk and not show off success. ====

**//__ 1.2Why does Gladwell begin Outliers with it? __//**
==== Author in the end of this article author described this question. The introduction of the book used " Roseto mystery ” topic. I think it made a real phenomenon explained. Therefore, the introduction explains the theme of the book- Let's understand what are the root causes of success. ====

**//__ 2.2What __//****__ is the "Matthew Effect? __**
==== Most of the Canadian Junior Hockey League players were born in January, February and March. No matter from what kind of reason, which are incredible. Therefore, the Canadian psychologist Barnsley collected the date of birth of many professional hockey players, and he found the same regularity. ====

The proportion of players born in October-December was 10%.
====** {Page 24} ** In fact, nothing-special magic in the first three months of the year, __it’s simply that in Canada the eligibility cutoff for age-class hockey is January 1.__ A boy who turns ten on January 2, then, could be playing alongside someone who doesn’t turn ten until the end of the year. So the gap of 12 months will give their constitution a huge impact. And what happens when a player gets chosen for a representative team? He will get a better coach, a better teammate, and 50-75 appearances a season. ====

**//__ 2.3How does Gladwell use it to illustrate and support his point about success? __//**** {Page 30} **
==== It tell us that our notion that it is the best and the brightest who effortlessly rise to the top is much too simplistic. Yes, the hockey players who make it to the professional level are more talented than you or me. But they also got a big head start- age(accumulative advantage), an opportunity that they neither deserved nor earned. And that opportunity played a critical role in their success. ====

**//__ 4. According to Gladwell, why is IQ not a reliable predictor of success? __//**
====** {p.79} ** The relationship between success and IQ works only up to a point. In fact, someone has reached IQ 120 (high IQ), having additional IQ points (maybe reached IQ150 or 160) doesn’t help the real-world advantage. (Because IQ120 or 150 are high IQ, we compared them did not have any meaning.) ** {p.89} **Terman’s error is he was too focused on the level of someone IQ. Being a successful person is about a lot more than IQ. __It’s involves having the kind of fertile mind and working hard or else__. Therefore, an adult IQ of 130 is as likely to win a Nobel Prize as is one whose IQ is 180. ====


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**1**. // What // is the "Roseto Mystery," and // why // does Gladwell begin // Outliers // with it? Be sure to support your responses with evidence (including page numbers) from the text.

in Roseto no one under fifty-five had died of __#|heart disease__, and the secret of Roseto was not diet or exercise or genes or location. the Rosetans had build a protective social structure that able to get them out of the pressure. they have three generations under one roof, and they respect their grandparents. also, the people there are friendly with even they do not know each other.

pg. 9 and 10

**2**. // Who // is Matthew, // what // is the "Matthew Effect," and // how // does Gladwell use it to illustrate and support his point about success? Be sure to use examples (with page numbers) from the text to support your responses.

For unto everyone that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance. But from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath." The author uses Matthew effect to explain the special opportunity that make some people more successful than others because they born at the beginning of the year, and that give them good opportunity in the life more than others who born at the end of the year. one of the examples at pg.27 that most of the players in a soccer team were born at the first three months of the year pg. 25-30
 * matthew** is the New Testa­ ment verse in the Gospel.
 * matthew effect : **

**3.** Define the 10,000 hour rule. Use 3 different examples from the chapter to explain // how // the rule works in the context of the Matthew effect.

the ten-thousand-hour rule is a general rule of success. to be more than expert in your field, and your first name become enough to tell people who you are. for example, the Beatles, Bill Gates, and Bill joy. pg. 49-55

**4**. According to Gladwell, // why // is IQ not a reliable predictor of success? Point to the evidence he uses regarding Lewis Terman's study on IQ. because some of Teman's child geniuses who have a very hight IQ had grown up with good jobs, and they became successful. for example, some of them published books and others ran for public office. but some of them become ordinary like the normal people who get good incomes, and a significant number became failures in their caree. pg. 89

__//**Rana**//__

_ 1-The Rosetans people live longer and healthier than Americans. According to the story in Roseto, virtually no one under fifty-five had died of a heart attack or showed any signs of heart disease. Is the reason the good diet that people follow to keep them in good condition or the exercise which most of the Roseto’s citizen doing? The answer is no. Their Mystery is the social structure these people create. They created a powerful, protective social structure capable of insulating them from the pressures of the modern world. I think Gladwell started his book with this story because it’s changed the people understanding about how to stay healthy. Finally, the story is full with resolve and determination and teamwork. Pages 8-9-10-11

2-Matthew is one of Jesus’ twelve disciples.On page 22 This is an iron law of a Canadian hockey: The proportion of players born in January-March was 40%, The proportion of players born in April-June was 30%, The proportion of players born in July-September was 20%, The proportion of players born in October-December was 10%.

3-the 10,000 hour rule is the general rule of success. For example, Beatles, one of the most famous rock bands ever; and Bill Gates, one of the world's richest men. You could see this on page 47

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