Reading Group Guide) is what composes long-term success. I personally believe that success is brought upon by culture, luck, and hard work. In their recent work, Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld have offered harsh critiques of what factors they believe is required for success. In their article, “What Drives Success?” Chua and Rubenfeld explain to their readers that they believe “The Triple Package” is a requirement for a person to become successful. The triple package includes superiority complex, insecurity
In discussions of success, one controversial issue has been what factors most determine success. One the one hand, Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld argues that their Triple Package is the key. On the other hand, Malcolm Gladwell contends that culture, practice, and luck are the most essential parts of success. Gladwell states facts, and gives reasoning behind all his stories. In his book, Outliers, he writes “When outliers become outliers it is not because of their own efforts. It's because of the contributions
In Jed Rubenfeld’s “The Riddle of Rape-by-Deception and the Myth of Sexual Autonomy,” he states that “sex by deception is sex without consent, because sex obtained by deception…is ‘no consent’ at all.” (1376). Rubenfeld uses comparisons such as “a man posing to be a doctor, who lays his hands on a person, is committing battery.” The patient gave consent for a
In his article, The Superiority Complex, Mehta focuses his analysis on Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld’s book, The triple package: How three unlikely traits explain the rise and fall of cultural groups in America. Suketu Mehta is the author of Maximum City: Bombay lost and found and a teacher at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism institute at New York University. Mehta compares this book to several others books written in previous years like Passing of the Great Race by Madison (1916) and The Clash of Civilizations
Alcohol is present at almost every college party; it is considered to be college culture, something every college is familiar with. However, at the same time whenever a sexual assault incident is reported alcohol is always involved no matter what the case. Looking at alcohol statistic wise 43% of the sexual victimization incidents involve alcohol consumption by victims and 69% involve alcohol consumption by the perpetrators. Alcohol is the main leading factor in sexual assault. “At least 50% of college
America is the nation of immigrants. America was founded on the principals of freedom of speech, equality, and the pursuit of happiness and this principle of freedoms encouraged people to come to America. To be an American does not simply mean being born on American soil, it means that one believes and supports the beliefs of American principles. Scruton stated that, “to inherit a culture you must identify with it; and if you cannot identify with it, then you must find a new identity by rejecting
2) Problem Definition and Introduction: How should college campuses handle sexual assault? Despite renewed interest in the media on the topic of campus sexual assault, there is still a fundamental problem over the definition of rape and flawed procedures for handling campus rape. “There is a pervasive lack of understanding when it comes to the true nature of campus sexual assault. These are not dates gone bad or a good guy who had too much to drink. This is a crime largely perpetrated by repeat offenders
access to education, employment, health care, or social welfare. In employment, affirmative action may also be known as employment equity. Affirmative action requires that institutions increase hiring and promotion of candidates of mandated groups. (Rubenfeld, 1997, p. 429) The purpose ofAffirmative Action is a simple one, it exists to level the playing field, so to speak, in the areas of hiring and college admissions based on characteristics that usually include race, sex, and/or ethnicity. A certain