Gladwell KIPP theory of academic success succeed. Gladwell believes that, just as Bill Joy spent many hours working with computers, KIPP runs the school year-round to get maximum hours of learning. KIPP students follow the strict rules of “SSLANT,” which stands for social skills assistance. Turning to chapter four "Troubles with Geniuses", part two, Gladwell tells the story of two intelligent men, Robert Oppenheimer and Chris Langan, and how improving their communication skills contributed to their success . KIPP's Knowledge Is Power connotation has five pillars, one of which is "high expectations", meaning that whatever other problems one encounters outside of school, they should forget about them when they are in school and just care about their education. Comparable to chapter eight with the pilots, they had to learn to speak English while flying planes and not worry about their own language. Chapter two tells the story of a successful man named Bill Joy. Joy would never let an opportunity to use a computer pass her by. “Practice is not the thing you do once you get good at it. It's what you do that makes you good. (Gladwell 42) He sacrificed his sleep and, in the middle of the night, to use the computers when they were available. Joy could have just waited for a computer, but she went and got one even though it was the middle of the night or there was a long line to use one. Without the long hours that Joy spent on computers, he would not have had time to understand the vir...... middle of paper ......n. Just like in Chapter Two, the pilots only had to worry about one language to communicate..