How to Succeed - QCCQ

QUOTE:
"As a result, American college campuses became less elite and more diverse;  the children of factory workers found themselves sitting in lecture halls and science labs next to the children of factory owners." 

COMMENT:
This quote is a good representation of the diversity seen in universities over the years. It shows that people started to see the importance of education and becoming successful. More people started attending universities and taking advantage of the proprieties being offered to them.I found this quote powerful because it gives the example of children of factory workers sitting next to the children of factory owners and I thought that was a good way to show that social rankings weren't important. What was important was the education everyone was working for. People of different backgrounds and social classes all of a sudden had something in common.

CONNECTION:
I think the quote in a way connects to the Civil Rights Movement and how when it came to an end people started to socialize with each other. It connects to the quote because suddenly people who never really got to interact with one another were suddenly sitting next to one another studding the same things.  

QUESTION:
I wonder how much more things in Universities have changed since then and how people feel about being surrounded and exposed to new people and surroundings. I guess it is all apart of learning.

The Three Laws of Mastery QCCQ

QUOTE:
"As with so many things in life, the pursuit of mastery is all in out heads."

CONNECTION:
In a way I would say this connects to the saying "practice makes perfect." If someone practices something enough or studies it over a period of time then they very well might "master" whatever it is they practiced or studied.

COMMENT:
I feel like I still don't really know if I agree with this quote because it kind of relates to practice. When someone practises something for example, playing the piano they really only get good at it and "master" it with practice and time. I don't really think it is just in ones head, I think it is reality. Practice and time creates mastery.

QUESTION:
Is the pursuit of mastering something really just an allusion and in someones head? Or it this quote just to make someone  think and question that? Wouldn't practice help someone master something?