Critical Thinking Reflection: Improving Career Opportunities
Critical Thinking Reflection
Denise Smith
HUM/115
Marguerite Dominguez
03/30/2015
Critical Thinking Reflection
Receiving a College Degree Improves Your Career Opportunities
If you were to take a poll in the United States asking if obtaining a college degree improves your career opportunities, you would most likely get a resounding, “yes.” During my research on the subject, I found that almost every single article I came across proved time and time again that college graduates have more career opportunities at their disposal, as well as higher incomes. USNews.com states, “A major-and prominent- benefit of attending college is increased employment prospects.” (Equal Justice Works, 2012). Potential employers …show more content…
I know that may sound odd as a method for finding content, so please allow me to explain. I am a very methodical and logical thinker. It is because of those traits that I create a “plan of attack” for any assignment before jumping in. By using my problem-solving skills, I was able to research and come up with some well-reasoned logic for answering the question about the college degrees improving your career opportunities. I followed a serious of steps. I saw the “problem” as being that I didn’t know where to start with this assignment. I listed all the different possibilities and different outcomes of ways I could tackle this essay. On that list, I had put down that I should reach out to my professor and simply ask the questions that I had for more clarification. Once I reached out to the professor, I was able to focus on my content, conduct a well-reasoned response, and finish in a timely …show more content…
For me , I’ve implemented critical thinking techniques into my marriage. I’ve realized that some of my barriers such as emotional and enculturation have impeded my ability to listen to my husband and understand where he’s coming from. By not letting my emotions control me with anger and defensiveness, I’m able to really hear him and let his thoughts and words sink in. I’ve learned to ask the important questions and get to the root of where his mind is instead of simply expressing my own opinions. Also, critical thinking is a great skill to utilize in my everyday life when watching or reading the news. It’s important not to let the “puppeteer” feed us information without evidentiary support and facts. I now find myself often researching things I hear on TV or read on the internet because taking them into account as
Denise Smith
HUM/115
Marguerite Dominguez
03/30/2015
Critical Thinking Reflection
Receiving a College Degree Improves Your Career Opportunities
If you were to take a poll in the United States asking if obtaining a college degree improves your career opportunities, you would most likely get a resounding, “yes.” During my research on the subject, I found that almost every single article I came across proved time and time again that college graduates have more career opportunities at their disposal, as well as higher incomes. USNews.com states, “A major-and prominent- benefit of attending college is increased employment prospects.” (Equal Justice Works, 2012). Potential employers …show more content…
I know that may sound odd as a method for finding content, so please allow me to explain. I am a very methodical and logical thinker. It is because of those traits that I create a “plan of attack” for any assignment before jumping in. By using my problem-solving skills, I was able to research and come up with some well-reasoned logic for answering the question about the college degrees improving your career opportunities. I followed a serious of steps. I saw the “problem” as being that I didn’t know where to start with this assignment. I listed all the different possibilities and different outcomes of ways I could tackle this essay. On that list, I had put down that I should reach out to my professor and simply ask the questions that I had for more clarification. Once I reached out to the professor, I was able to focus on my content, conduct a well-reasoned response, and finish in a timely …show more content…
For me , I’ve implemented critical thinking techniques into my marriage. I’ve realized that some of my barriers such as emotional and enculturation have impeded my ability to listen to my husband and understand where he’s coming from. By not letting my emotions control me with anger and defensiveness, I’m able to really hear him and let his thoughts and words sink in. I’ve learned to ask the important questions and get to the root of where his mind is instead of simply expressing my own opinions. Also, critical thinking is a great skill to utilize in my everyday life when watching or reading the news. It’s important not to let the “puppeteer” feed us information without evidentiary support and facts. I now find myself often researching things I hear on TV or read on the internet because taking them into account as