Blog 2

Blog 2

As I was reading the article “Academic Assholes” I recalled two studies I had read back in December 2015. The first article was of a study entitled “Why it’s great to have stubborn a stubborn child” (Gorman, 2015). The study tracked students from their late primary years until well into adulthood, and found that kids who frequently break the rules or otherwise defy their parents often go on to become educational over-achievers and high-earning adults. I begin to question whether some of the “Academic Assholes” discussed were alsolittle defiant, rule-breaking children during their primary years. People have to think about the amount of time and effort students (PhD’s) have to put forth to reach the level of ‘academic.’ As with all occupations there are always some forms of competition (i.e. younger, eager and enthusiastic hopefuls) vying for work (i.e. tenure ship).  Ragu made a great point when he referred to the likes of Zukerberg, and Jobs who are all brilliant entrepreneurs, if we look at many of their stories (let’s not forget Gates as well) these individuals all must have been strong willed and stubborn individuals to reach the heights of their success. They dropped out of the best universities, negotiated loans for billions of dollars (Trump) and were probably “Academic assholes” in their own field of expertise. Check out the article below.

Article 1: “Why It’s Great to Have a Stubborn Child” (2015)

http://time.com/4130665/why-its-great-to-have-a-stubborn-child/

The second article proposed that people who curse have a better vocabulary then those who do not. Sounds strange? Yes I would agree. However it was a research study that was hypothesized and carried out by Psychologists from Marist College and the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. The experiment gathered 43 participants and found that “taboo fluency is positively correlated with other measures of verbal fluency” (Crew, 2015). I wonder if the “Academic assholes” use varying amounts of vulgarity along with their rude and obnoxious behaviors. Check out the article below.

Article 2: “People who curse a lot have better vocabularies than those who don't, study finds” (Bec Crew, 2015)

http://www.sciencealert.com/people-who-curse-a-lot-have-better-vocabularies-than-those-who-don-t-study-finds