Reading Response of Chapter 4

         In chapter 4 "The Trouble With Geniuses, Part 2,"  the author Malcolm Gladwell mainly states his own arguments by comparing two people's different education. One of education styles is natural growth without paying attention to , the other is concerted cultivation. Af first, the author introduces the family background of Chris Langan. He was born in a very poor family. His mother has four different husbands. His family did not have enough money to support his study at that time. To some extends, he lost many chances that others have.  However, when he got the chances to study in Reed and he was an excellent student in the class, he was not satisfied with his scholarship that support his tuition. He chose to leave this university to enter another one. Because of this, he did not get what he wanted. After introducing Langan, the author tells a norther story of Robert Oppenheimer, a famous physicist. When he studied in university, he learned well. When he met a question of his course, he talked with his professor about it. He did not need to worry about his family when he was in school. This is the advantage that Langan did not have. Because of Oppenheimer's hard work, he became a successful man finally. After talking about this, Gladwell points out that the success is related to people's social skills. However, family background is has a big influence of social skills. Afterwards, Gladwell uses Termits' example to illustrate the same thing. The environment has a big difference for people to become successful.     
         After reading this chapter, I have a better understanding of the author's thoughts in chapter 3. High IQ does not mean success. Many people who have high IQ can not be successful because there are many changeable factors in lives. For example, people who come from a rich family have more advantages that those people whose family are poor. Those people who comes from a rich family can have a better education and they have enough money to get the study  materials. For Langan in this chapter, he must worry about his own survive, which means that he cannot study in a good environment. However, he can get more social skills because of his family background.       
        In my opinion, what the author tells us is really related to daily life. People who come from different environment are quite diverse. The environment one person live can decide whether he can be successful. As for me, learning skills and social skills are both important. Therefore, I will try my best to improve these two abilities.