Drawing Conclusions

A conclusion that I can draw from the video “10,000 Hours To Become A Master” and the article “How Does Your Child’s Screen Time Measure Up is that not many people are commiting to the 10,000 hours it takes to succeed because they are using all of their time on digital media.

 

One reason that I can draw that conclusion is because in the article states that children from the age 8-12 spend an average of 4 hours and 36 minutes every day using digital technology.  The typically 12 year old sleeps for 9 hours every night. On the weekdays, that leaves three and a half hours of the day due to school. With all of the other activities people participate in there is hardly any time left in the day!  

 

You should be practicing your most enjoyed skill because if you are going to have to put in 10,000 hours to master it.  If you would practice for a minimum of 4 hours every Saturday and Sunday, it would take 24 years of weekends to achieve and master.  24 years is nearly 4 times what it would take is you spend 4 hours on your goal everyday! It would take 6.8 years to master a skill if you dedicate 4 hours to a goal instead of your screen.

 

This is why I can draw the conclusion that people aren’t mastering a skill because they are spending too much time with digital media.  

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