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Post your responses to the questions at the Discussion Board by 10pm on each due date.

** The **** "Roseto Mystery" ** **is about how the men under the age of sixty-five didn't have heart attack when it was common in the U.S.** ** p. ****6** //** - Matthew name comes from **//**//the New Testament in the Gospel of Matthew.//** **//p.30//**
 * 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.
 * 1) // 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.
 * By Ab****dulaziz Alanazi**


 * 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.

**"Roseto Mystery":** I rarely find anyone from Roseto under the age of sixty-five with heart disease. P 6 There was no suicide, no alcoholism, no drug addiction, and very little crime. They didn't have anyone on welfare. Then we looked at peptic ulcers. They didn't have any of those either. Those people were dying of old age. That's it. P 7

**Why:** The author wants to do for our understanding of success what Stewart Wolf did for our understanding of heath. P 11

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.

**Matthew:** New Testament verse in the Gospel of Matthew. **"Matthew Effect":** the best and the brightest who effortlessly rise to the top is much too simplistic... little difference leads to an opportunity that makes that difference a bit bigger, and that edge in turn leads to another poortunity, which makes the initially small difference bigger still... P 30 31 **How:** by analysing statistics.

3. **10,000 hour rule:** the emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a world-class expert---in anything. **3 different examples:** Bill Gates: born in October 28, 1955 Paul Allen: January 21, 1953 Steve Ballner: March 24, 1956 **How:** January, 1975 was the dawn of the personal computer age, then the best position to take advantage of it are peple who born in 1954 to 1955, that is, they were between 20 to 21. It's just like the hockey plyer born on Januart 1.


 * By: Xinyue Wang **

From what Stewart wolf and his collages John Bruhn had discovered in the Rosetan society that the Rosetan from the beginning of their journey had have expected a greater life they will have in America. As a result, of the reality, they sheltered themselves from the outside world, which made them live in a powerful, social structure and protective community.
 * The Roseto Mastery **

Wolf was the main inspiration of the Outliers due to the successes of making a remarkable difference in the understating of health from a new perspective.
 * Purpose **

p. 6-9-11

“The Matthew effect” is taken after the New Testament verse in the Gospel of Matthew.
 * The Matthew Effect **

The Matthew Effect is a concept of the best opportunities that are given to the high rate talented people, which as result, success. It doesn’t matter how those successful people starts, but how they will become in the future and that’s what sociologist called it the ”accumulative advantage”.

The Chez Republic Soccer team, have only players born in august and September, but not in July, October, November or December. Here comes the Matthew Effect, which the untalented ones were pushed out or discouraged.
 * //__ Example- __//**

p. 24 - 31
 * No. || Player || Birth Date || Position ||
 * 1 || David Kveton || Jan. 3, 1988 || Forward ||
 * 2 || Jiri Suchy || Jan. 3,1988 || Defense ||
 * 3 || Micheal Kolarz || Jan. 12,1987 || Defense ||
 * 4 || Jakoub Vojota || Feb. 8,1987 || Defense ||
 * 5 || Jakub Cerny || Mar. 5, 1987 || Forward ||

//__ 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. __ Roseto Mystery is the astonished and magical effects of living in Roseto, Pennsylvania on the Rosetans health. To illustrate, (1)Although heart attacks were an epidemic in the U.S.A, no one under 55 had died of heart attacks or showed any signs of heart disease. In fact, the death rate from all causes in Roseto was 30-35% lower than expected. Page:7 (2)In Roseto, there was no suicide, no alcoholism, no drug addiction, and very little crime. Page:7 (3)The Rosetans not only did not have any special diet or exercise program, but also they did smoke heavily and many of them struggling with obesity. Page:8 (4)The genes had nothing to do with their good health due to the fact there were relatives, who did not live in Roseto, and they did not have the same remarkable good health. Page:8 (5)In term of location, the residents of Nazareth and Bangor, who live just a few miles away, had a death rate from heart disease three times more than the Roseto residents. Page:9 So, the mystery was not the diet or exercises or genes or location. In fact, the mystery was the united community and the social structure that Rosetans had created.
 * // By: Noor Qutub //**
 * // IMAN ALmohammadi //**
 * // IMAN ALmohammadi //**

I think that Gladwell began //Outliers// with this mystery because he want to prepare the reader to be open to understand the success as a whole unit not just as an individual personal habits. //__ 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 __ ** Matthew: ** New Testament verse 25:29 in the Gospel of Matthew. "Matthew Effect" is the accumulative advantages and opportunities that give to some fortunate people who live in certain time. Gladwell use 'Matthew Effect' to illustrate his point about success in several places in the chapter. For example, how the Canadian system chose the hockey player by cutoff date. Also same thing with American baseball and European soccer. This theory stretched to education, too. As a result, any one born in the last half of the year have been discourage, or overlooked, or pushed out.

__ 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 hours rule is the magic number for true experience and greatness. Anyone who want to master a skill, he need to spend ten thousand hours in practicing to be not just good, but also a world class expert. Page:40

I. **Bill Joy**: at the age of 17 years old, he began to spend an enormous amount of time in programming at the computer center in the University of Michigan. This was his golden opportunity in 1971. Page:45 II. **The Beatles**: they play together a vast amount of time; they performed for 270 nights in just over a year and half. In 1964 they had performed live estimated 1200 times. They have the opportunity to master their skills by playing in Hamburg club. Page:49-50 III. **Bill Gates**: Gates got send to Lakesid, which is one of a few school in the world did have computer club in 1968. He had the opportunity to practice in early age by working at C-Cubed in the weekend. Also he lived within a walking distance of university of Washington, which happened to have a free computer time from three to six every morning.