Gladwell’s main point was you don’t know what a person is capable of until they are put in the situation. He begins with a quarterback saying they don’t know how good of a player they will be until they are drafted. He said teachers are evaluated by how their students do on their exams. That is not fair to the teachers because some students don’t pay attention to the teachers.
I think he compared two very different occupations to make his point because he wanted to make his point clear. No matter what your profession, you have an impact on children. These two different occupations are used so he can say some teachers are better even if their students don’t have good test scores. A quarterback could be good playing for a college team, but not play too well in the NFL.
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