Final: What Kind of Thinker Are You? HUM/111 August 5‚ 2012 Jennifer Summers‚ ESQ. Final: What Kind of Thinker Are You? What is critical thinking? Critical thinking is that mode of thinking about any subject‚ content‚ or problem in which the thinker improves the quality of his or her thinking by skillfully imposing intellectual standards upon his or her thoughts. (Paul & Elder‚ 2008) The three most significant things I learned about critical thinking are: how to broaden my perspective
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moment. Although at the time‚ I still did not know who won in the finals of one of the biggest competitions in California‚ nor did I know what the judges thought of me‚ I knew that I had successfully completed a memory that would have a big impact on my life. I knew that I had worked hard and tried my best‚ and even if I ended up not even winning a place‚ I would have earned something from this extreme event. My teacher had been trying to decide what piece to give me for my next competition:
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So what brought about this sudden change of attitude? Michael fell into the wrong crowd. His grades slipped. He quit basketball. Worst of all‚ he became addicted to drugs. These drugs ravaged his body and mind‚ turning my loving‚ big brother with the ability to do anything‚ into something dark and unknown. People say that marijuana isn’t harmful‚ that it does not damage you like other drugs. That is a lie. I saw with my own eyes what it can do to a person. It turns them from someone you know
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over the course of several decades‚ become more racially accepting and "gender blind" (i.e. equality between the sexes) due to gender and racial equality becoming societal norms as well as the implementation of legislation specifically preventing discrimination based on an individuals race or gender (Niwa‚ Way‚ and Hughes 2342). However‚ despite these positive changes‚ there are still some social elements that reinforce gender and race stereotypes. For instance‚ African Americans and Latin Americans
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The Importance of Character in the Classroom With today’s evolving society‚ toxic stress is becoming an enormous issue in young children. “How Kids Learn Resilience‚” which was written by Paul Tough‚ was published in the June 2016 issue of The Atlantic. The article goes into depth about a problem that many “at-risk” schools face: lower-income children struggle in the classroom more than those in a financially stable home. The effect stems from the lack of noncognitive abilities in the low-income
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In Mark Edmunson’s article “Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here?”‚ he directs this article to incoming freshman and talks about going to college with very little resources and being the only one in his family to goto college; he also talks about what students need to do in college to be successful. Edmunson thinks everyone should find out who they really are in college so you know what you want to do in your future career. Not just going to college pursuing a career thats not much of an interest
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settled down in a bad neighborhood in the town of Welch‚ she moved to New York City and eventually found somewhere where she was happy. Her parents‚ however‚ ended up homeless and living entirely off of other people’s resources. (Walls) Children learn a lot from their parents. Studies show that children coming from broken homes are five times more likely to have mental health issues (Fagan). In addition‚ children of divorce are much more likely to get divorced later in their life (Hughes). 25% of
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by: Andy Wade "How I Learn" I hear the comforting sound of my coach’s whistle against the noise of shuffling feet and falling bodies. Finally‚ three seconds of rest in between three hours of wrestling practice. The humidity in the room is that of a sauna‚ or even worse‚ a steam room. I try to wipe the stinging sweat out of my eyes‚ but to my dismay I only make it worse. My body has lost five pounds since practice started‚ but what my body has lost my shirt has gained in sweat. He barks out orders
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Fourteenth Amendment was the focal point in which segregation in schools was coming to an end as a result of the violations of the due process and equal protection clauses. Racial discrimination in education or schools directs the attention to any harassment of students based on color‚ race or national origin. Discrimination can be caused by administrators‚ students or teachers. In 1896‚ the Plessy v. Ferguson Court case denied the right to African Americans to be present in public places like bathrooms
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LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) A Local area network is a network that is confined to a relatively small area. It is general limited to a geographic area such; school‚ writing lab‚ building‚ office‚ or hall. A local area network’s linkages usually are accomplished with either telephone‚ coaxial‚ or fiber-optic cables. This network are privately own networks with and angle building or campus of up to a few kilometers in size. They are widely used to connect personal computers and work situation in company
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