Introduction
Malcolm Gladwell (2008), in his book ‘Outlier’ presented the “Ten Thousand Hours” Rule for gaining mastery. It is a generalized rule and provides an understanding of the effort one needs to master something. In a similar way, students spend thousands of hours in schools and yet find it difficult to secure a job due to a lack of skill. The core issue with students is the direction in which they need to gain mastery over something, and it takes a lot of effort.
Analysis
The reward of working hard at school is not pleasing advice to any student because the graduates suffer a great deal due to the lack of jobs in the market. On the contrary, unemployed or underpaid graduates suffer in the market due to a lack of expertise and skills required for serving employers. For example, Brooks (2019) writes about seven soft skills that an employer needs regardless of the job, which include communication, time management, critical thinking, teamwork, emotional intelligence, digital literacy, problem-solving, and initiative. This highlights the importance of working hard at school and considering school as a training initiative that allows a student to contribute to society in socioeconomic terms. Employees contribute to the business, which contributes to society with goods and services that people seek to consume. In student life, it seems simple to live a life after gaining employment.
Gladwell principle of the “10,000 Hours Rule” is meant to guide us on the journey of gaining mastery. Hard work at school results in socioeconomic benefits afterwards. In a four-year undergraduate program, the opportunity to gain mastery over learning and writing is one avenue for success. However, the job market does require soft skills, which are explained in the Brooks article. Moreover, the opportunity to work for financial need is one thing, while working for a cause is a different thing. Students come from diverse backgrounds with diverse sets of aims and goals. In order to make the best out of school, hard work in areas that seem to give vision to students can be helpful. Working hard in school is also about habits, and good habits result in positive results in life. The habits are actually critical for achieving the goals with precision because discipline makes it easy.
Students studying at school are not well aware of the world outside the boundaries of academic institutes. They do know what the places and people look like, but hard work at school provides details of the causes and effects of the way they are living and the impact they are going to make through their work and lifestyle. Spending twelve hours a day on school work means gaining mastery over the knowledge and skills that schools provide to students. Yes, some student feels that they have given their best at school and yet are unable to gain the same reward which they wished. A simple answer to the problem is in the practice of improving oneself, along with gaining new knowledge. Knowledge is helpful to skilful people with dedication and a directed approach.
Conclusion
Life is a roller coaster and usually takes all that we have got. Working hard for thousands of hours in school allows the ability to face life confidently, and lacking a proper attitude can make life difficult. Dedicating twelve hours a day to studying, whether in school or at home, serves the purpose of dedicatedly working for the future. Hard work eventually pays off. Studying hard at school is definitely rewarding, but it is also important to gain soft skills that employers require in their employees, irrespective of expertise and majors.
References
Brooks, A. (2019). 7 Skills Employers Look For Regardless of the Job. Rasmussen.edu. https://www.rasmussen.edu/student-experience/college-life/skills-employers-look-for/
Gladwell, M. (2008). Outliers: The story of success. Little, Brown.
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