FCS FLASH ISSUE
122: May 4, 2010
Link to Complete FCS Calendar
May
2010: Nationwide:
Older Americans Month
May 11:
San Luis Obispo: Cuesta College Fashion Showcase
Info, 6-8 pm
May 11:
Downey: Gas Co. Annual Energy Efficiency Expo, 7:30 am-1:30 pm,
Info and Registration!
May 14:
Long Beach: Cal State Long Beach Fashion Show –
Tickets and
Info!
May 14:
Mission Viejo: Saddleback College Fashion Show -
Ethereal, Reception 6 pm, Show 7:30 pm
May 14:
San Jose: Hospitality and Culinary Arts Professional Development Workshop -
Info and Online Registration here!-Only a few spots remaining.
May 20:
Long Beach: LBCC
Fashion Show Highlighting the Nueva Vida Project
FCS
Features
The
results are in from the April 16thStudent Culinary/Hospitality
Competition and Symposium. Review this amazing event via our
slideshow. Jean Tepperman
weighs in with some comparisons between two of the most timely assessments
ECERS and CLASS, with direct input from child care practitioners. Erin Bianchi
has an
article and plenty of links to the new fashion journalists taking over the
front rows at many of the Spring Collection Shows, the fashion bloggers.
Finally, Carol Lamkins, CMKBD, CID writes about the latest innovations for
universal bath design. Carol has included enough photos and illustrations
for you to picture your own remodel.
FCS
FLASH: The 10,000 Hour Rule
If your students want to
earn a degree, gain a promotion at work, or start a new business, it will help
them to understand that it takes hard-work and persistence over a prolonged
period of time to succeed. In his latest book,
Outliers: The Story of Success, author Malcolm Gladwell drives this
point home. In fact, Gladwell’s research comes up with the
magic number of 10,000 hours as the average number of hours violinists as
well as athletes, composers, writers, artists, even criminals spent to achieve
their success. Gladwell contends that it takes thousands of hours to develop and
perfect one’s skills and unfortunately, there are not many shortcuts on that
road to success. With the end of semester fast approaching, and the cuts in the
summer schedule, it is a great time to discuss how students can build their
skills via internships, volunteer opportunities in your community, and
on-the-job training options. Exposing your students to Gladwell’s ideas and
research will encourage them to find the best ways to build their skills via
practice and experience.
Try
this:
Ask questions and record
student responses:
What does
it take to become a successful fashion designer/chef/interior designer… (your
discipline)?
What is
an outlier? (Someone or something unusual or extraordinary-above and beyond the
norm.)
Whom do
you know or know of that you would consider to be an outlier? (Lamar Odom,
Einstein, Beethoven, Bill Clinton)
View a short
video as Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers: The Story of Success,
explains the term.
Review some of the things
Gladwell discussed.
Why does
Gladwell say it takes a village? (People need help and support to be
successful.)
What is
the 10,000 hour rule? (It takes an average of 10,000 hours or 10 years to reach
extraordinary skill.)
Distribute the
One-Sentence Message
activity, review the instructions, and give students time to work
independently or collaboratively to complete the activity.
Discuss the one-sentence
message and students’ responses to it:It takes thousands of hours to become
an overnight success.
FYI: Practice isn't the thing you do once you're
good. It's the thing that makes you good.
Malcolm Gladwell
This
newsletter was brought to you by the California Community College Chancellor's
Office Family and Consumer Sciences Collaborative Grant (#09-0160). Please
contact Joann Driggers (jdriggers@mtsac.edu)
or at 909/594-5611 x5203 with any questions.