Summary Of The Youngest Dragonboy By Jay Colan

If we go way back to 1879, we can take a look at one of the most iconic examples in history of how repeated attempts, or practices, if you will, led to one of the greatest inventions in history: the invention of the light bulb. This highly respected inventor, Thomas Edison, once said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas Edison certainly had his extreme amounts of practice in while trying to develop the perfect concoction to complete the light bulb. It is estimated that he tried more than 3,000 different ways to invent the light bulb, before he found the one that worked. I don’t have exact numbers here, but I would say that he got in his 10,000 hours of practice. Instead of letting his mistakes hold him back, letting them drag him down, letting them cause him to quit, he used them to help get him where he wanted to be. He learned what he should and shouldn’t do each time, and with all this practice of trying to create a light bulb, he ends up inventing the same thing that caused him so many long and hard hours of practice. Another example of how the mistakes you can learn from and fix through practice to come out on top is the story of another Olympics gymnast known as Aly Raisman. In the

One day a dragon hunter enters town and fearing for the dragon’s safety, the girl frees the dragon, but the dragon is adamant that he won't leave until he gets the dragon stone. The girl gets the dragon stone and flies away with the dragon. The dragon explains that the girl is the divinely selected individual and is the new dragon keeper. The girl who by Danzi (the dragon) is named Ping, thinks she isn't ready for this and tries to leave but she feels wrong. The dragon must travel the ocean and they face many adversities on the sojourn. Ping and Danzi travel through many towns to get

Building upon the previous chapter, we begin to understand how all the right ingredients for achievement and success can be present, and yet they may never happen without a stroke of luck. Becoming an expert at some skill is earned by putting in hard work across several hours, approximately 10,000 hours. Being born in the right year, or time

That’s when Danzi and Ping flew away. Ping finds out that Master Lan blames the deaths of the 11 dragons on her and says she’s an evil sorceress. This then leads to the next lot of critical events with Diao the dragon hunter and many other people who want the dragon and his stone. Finally, the resolution decides to show up. They reach the Ocean and Danzi says he’s going to travel alone with Hua to the river of renewal. Ping is stuck with the new baby dragon which just hatched from the dragon stone. The climax in this story would have to be when they reach the Ocean and Danzi says he’s taking Hua but not Ping over to the river of renewal. The main character is Ping. The character is realistic. Ping sounds exactly like a normal slave until they start talking about her being a Dragon Keeper and looking after the dragons. The way she changes during the novel is extraordinary. At first, she is a shy girl, who knows practically nothing and doesn’t believe in herself

In the story, “The Smallest Dragonboy”, written by Anne McCaffrey, Keevan, the main character, shows traits with his thoughts and feelings, speech, appearance, actions, and other people’s reactions. Some of the traits he often shows are persistent, determined, honest, and courage. His thoughts and feelings and show his honesty and patience. His speech shows his kindness and his intelligence. He shows how he can still be physically strong even when he is the youngest and the smallest. His actions prove him to be self-controlled. Other people’s reactions to him show how hardworking he is.

Author Ralph Waldo Emerson once sad " Unless you try something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow". On past experiences in my life I would agree with Emerson because one will never truly master something but people everyday have said people have mastered a sport or a instrument but everyday that person practices on that one thing all the time. Look at some great sports players like Messi or Stephen Curry both are spectacular at what they do. Messi was looked at by many people when he was young at not able to play due to how short and small he was. He started to practice on end to help him get to a point where a small soccer team picked him up and play for them at this point he wasn't done so he got even better and now competes with some of the other worlds best

The road to greatness is a long path filled with struggle and time. Based on research by the best-selling author Malcom Gladwell inside his book Outliers popularized the idea of 10,000 hours of guided practice “the magic number of greatness”(Gladwell, 47). With enough practice he said anyone could achieve any work that of a professional. While some say the 10,000 hour rule is the key to success I believe that success is based on genetics, talent, and time period. It is whether one was born with the talent, achieved it later within life or was born during the wrong time period is what makes a master out of someone. Where the 10,000 hour rule is not a truth.

The question people have been asking forever is; How much of what happens in our lives do we actually control? Two articles try to respond to this puzzling question, “The Sports Gene” and “The Outliers”. “The Sports Gene” by David Epstein is about a high school student named Donald Thomas trying high jump for the first time, and eventually becomes the world champion. “The Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell is about studies and experiments proving that hours of practice lead to success. Of the two articles, “The Outliers” best answers the question of how much control do we have of our lives, because it uses more reliable sources and scientists and experiments to support their answer.

Everyone knows that one cannot succeed at everything in life. But for one to not be good enough at a major one has to try it out first. At some point everyone has tried a new hobby as for an example dance and then been either told that one was not good enough or simply one found out by them selves. Either way it is insulting and disappointing to be told that the way you are build is no good for the one thing you love to do. But would we not be living in a boring world if everyone were the same? Our difference defines us as an individual person - our one person. Some of us are tall and some of us are tiny. But no matter what should everyone be treated with respect even if they are different from others.

Velazquez, Jackie, Research Paper Many people believe that in order to have success in your future, you must be born with talent. However, the path to obtaining talent at your job is to work hard and test your limits to see what you can accomplish. Not everybody is simply born with the ability to work well with whatever task they are given. They key and answer to finding a job you’re good at, or even finding a job that people have had no past experience doing, and working with it well, is working hard to be the best they can be.

Do you have a natural born talent or know anyone with a gift or talent? Some people believe that if you do not practice that talent you will not reach your ultimate success and you will not be as successful as you can be. In the story, Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell he reveals the true definition of success by researching various groups of people ranging from different ages, socioeconomic backgrounds, and family culture and their path to success and how they got there. Everyone’s story of success wasn’t the same, and that was his main objective in writing this book to show society that everyone has the chance to succeed or fail regardless of your situation in life. Although many people may believe that having talent is

While many say that practice makes perfect, is that true? Does a person need to put in such a vast amount of time in order to get better and excel in something? In a chapter of his book called “The 10,000 Hour Rule” in Outliers author Malcolm Gladwell believes that a person needs to put in a least 10,000 hours in order to excel in their area of practice. Contrary to Gladwell, fellow author, Daniel Goleman states that the hours of practice doesn’t matter but the concentration and focus is what makes a difference. Using evidence from his book, “Focus:The Hidden Driver of Excellence,” Goleman concludes that a person doesn’t need to practice hard, but practice deliberately. After reading the theories on repetition and how it relates to success, I think that it’s not the of hours on studying or training that is important, but the concentration and attention to detail that makes a person great. I conclude that a person doesn’t need to worry about putting in a unreasonable amount of hours, but they need to focus on concentrating and in

This quote has always been inspiring in my life. I believe learning is not limited to just the classroom but takes places through out our life. Right education not only enhances personal development and social inclusion, but also increases competitiveness.

“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

What elements in the story “The Dragon” represent the Freudian Conscious mind? 
Make sure to provide quotes and references from the story to support your answer. (3 Marks)
Throughout the short story, it is evident that at times the psychiatrist retreats to his conscious state often. This is shown when the psychiatrist unwittingly sits in Kirk’s chair and looked at his office as if it were his first time there. Unknowingly the psychiatrist had “moved around to the other side of the circle and lowered himself into Kirk’s chair”. This shows his conscious mind making decisions revealing his true feelings, that the psychiatrist deeply relates to Kirk and can easily put himself in Kirk’s shoes.