Blog Post 2: Synthesis

                                                       

                                                             Blog Post 2: Synthesis

                   When I thought of advantages people have I automatically thought of physical advantages. I wrote in my Daily question, "Some people have more physical advantages that help people be faster, like being skinny and have long legs, being taller, which could potentially help them for some sport like basketball, or having broad shoulder which can help with swimming. Which gives them more advantages physically for sports." My Daily question answer was different from what I read in, "The Mathew Effect," because I thought he would be talking about physical features that help make you better in hockey. When he started talking about birthdays and how the cut off date is January 1st it kind off had to do with physical features. I say that because Gladwell was talking about how they are more mature when the boys are older which makes them bigger and better hockey players.
                   Gladwells' opinion towards the Daily question would certain people do have advantages especially in hockey, if there birthdays are in January, February, or March which makes them more mature, physically wise, than the younger boys. I do not agree with Gladwell because I don't think a couple of months will do much to help you play better but then again the statistics show that most of the good hockey players are born in the course of those three months. This chapter did make me re-think about different advantages some people have over others. I only thought about the genes you have to be bigger, stronger, and faster and not about when you were born and how that can make you better at sports such as hockey
.                  Gladwell used statistics on the players birthdays and most were in January, February, and March which he then talked about they were really good hockey players. I think they were convincing sources because they were all from professional hockey teams which means they were good enough to be a professional hockey player in Canada. Also the statistics have all of there numbers and where the play. Therefore, I do think the statistics were reliable. 1