"To become a master at any skill, it takes the total effort of your: heart, mind, and soul working together in tandem."
-Maurice young
This week, my Inquiry class has been discussing what it takes to become a master of a specific subject. There are a few people who have lived who we consider geniuses in their fields such as Mozart, Bill Gates, The Beatles, etc. The question at hand is whether they were born with the skills that made them masters or if mastery can be learned? The majority of research supports the latter. Mastery is defined as expert skill or knowledge. A vast number of studies show that mastery in a subject can be gained by anyone if you follow the 10,000 Hour Rule: If you deliberately practice something you are passionate about, you will become a master after 10,000 hours of error-focused practicing. This idea is ground-breaking because it means that we do not have to be born with some special gift in order to become incredible at something. Anyone can achieve greatness if they have the drive.
Two other words that were discussed in my classes recently were Perspective and Conflict.
The topic of perspective was discussed in my Sociology class this week. The definition of this word in the context it was used is: the state of one's ideas, the facts known to one, etc., in having a meaningful interrelationship. There are three major perspectives of Sociology: Symbolic Interactionism, Functionalism, and Conflict Theory. My professor went into detail regarding these perspectives and how you can view society in very different ways depending on which you take.
One of the courses I am currently enrolled in is Geography and Conflict, so naturally the word "conflict" is bound to be a major topic of conversation. It is defined as to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash. Many religious groups in varying areas of our country have been in conflict since the beginning of time, and it is important to learn the history of their disagreements in order to understand why society functions the way that it does today.
Sometimes the most important words are not ones that we have never heard, but rather they are the words that we hear often but do not take the time to really think about. Most people are familiar with the three words I chose this week, but do we really understand their roles in the world we live in? We should take more time out of our day to digest the information we are given on a daily base rather than simply dismissing it after we take a test.
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