Originally Posted by Lina
Austin: I was never talking about work ethic (I agree with you about that), but how Gladwell seems to say Asians are smart because they're hard working, but doesn't really provide an explanation for why other countries farm, too, and aren't as good as math.

finally, i've gotten to the end of the book, and he does compare farming in many different countries to wet-rice farming, building the argument that this particular kind of farming is more 'human input driven' than other kinds of farming, which are more dependent on natural factors.

I think his main point is that people will work harder if they see that the harder one works the more one is rewarded. This is a key reason that some parents here choose gradeskips or other ways to get their child into a situation where 'more work equals more reward' instead of leaving them in classrooms where 'no work = As' and 'hard work = As'

Smiles,
Grinity


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