Gus: It would probably have hurt our chances of being right here in this room, because i'm old for my grade id. He is at 18 on ist sticker, an age privileged advantage of a year and a half. If we get rid of this, i must get to be honest. Who else wants tod? Then metteo raises his hand. Oh, you're drowning. Yes. Never seen less enthusiasm for a great idea in my life. W what is the matter with you?
Did Malcolm Gladwell blow it in his bestselling book Outliers? What if all he did was write a primer for neurotic helicopter parents? To find out, Revisionist History descends on the University of Pennsylvania to run a roomful of eager students through a mysterious experiment, complete with Sharpies, huge white stickers, and a calculator. It does not end well.
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