Reflection Essay By Malcolm Gladwell

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The duration of this week, I contemplated what to include in my portfolio for this course. Furthermore, I felt compelled to exhibit my achievements and accomplishments in eight weeks. Although there have been numerous times when I felt overwhelmed by this course, I pushed myself and did not permit myself to withdraw when assignments became difficult, thus achieving academic success. For this reason, I have decided to include in my portfolio one of my earliest essays “The Trouble with Geniuses,” based on two chapters from Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers: The Story of Success. Despite that, this is not one of my strongest pieces it is an excellent example of my accomplishments these past few weeks. Additionally, I have included my research report, “The Sexualization of Girls.” Likewise, as much as I enjoy researching various topics, writing a research report intimidates me. Furthermore, The Craft of Research, by Wayne C. Booth, …show more content…

For example, in my included discussion posts and essays regarding the book Outliers, I identified biased and/or skewed evidence that Gladwell employed to make his arguments appear to be stronger than they were. Nevertheless, I still enjoyed Outliers despite Gladwell’s lack of strong evidence to support his claims. Additionally, I used critical thinking when I collected information from sources to compose my research report. For instance, in the “Research Limitations” section of my research report, I discussed biased and insufficient evidence from my sources. Withal it is important to think critically when conducting research because authors can attempt to manipulate readers’ thinking to persuade readers to take their side on a topic. In addition to thinking critically, citing legitimate sources, and unearthing biases I used Anthony Weston’s A Rulebook for Arguments to formulate correlations as I created my research

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