tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4374995399435921235.post8255058128134729593..comments2023-05-02T15:02:01.957+01:00Comments on The Parker Family: Practice makes perfect?Mike and Sarah Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14153462448072544340noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4374995399435921235.post-72979413110115781582010-07-10T23:53:08.590+01:002010-07-10T23:53:08.590+01:00The problem with the 10K theory, at least as I und...The problem with the 10K theory, at least as I understand it (I haven't read Gladwell's book), is that it mostly applies to activities or disciplines that have a very specific goal and are usually expressed, at least in part, in physical activity. To become a great violin player, you might read music, do hand exercises, and study theories of composition, but your skill is ultimately expressed by moving a bow over a violin--lots of work that leads up to a very narrow end, like the tip of a mountain. In the Ph.D. process, you're not training to do just one thing--you're learning to be a speaker, a writer, a thinker, and a doer. It's less like building a mountain and more like building a column. On the plus side, violins are not involved.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17949490783106628439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4374995399435921235.post-57147215516755623572010-07-09T13:45:58.235+01:002010-07-09T13:45:58.235+01:00Dude! I totally know where you're coming from ...Dude! I totally know where you're coming from and that's why I stopped after my LLM. I needed to stop reading and writing about human rights issues and finally get out there and DO something. Although, I'm still not sure if I'm at the 'doing' stage yet...gloriousleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02142022838163479119noreply@blogger.com