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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“You reap what you sow” means that there is an effect for everything people do or say‚ and that the effort a person puts into something will be rewarded appropriately in this life or the next. People use this phrase as a reminder to be kind and work hard. Although the phrase might have roots in early Christianity‚ it appears in some form in other religions and also can be applied in non-religious situations. Seeing bad people succeed sometimes makes people who follow this general doctrine have emotional
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This book is called "I Know What You Did Last Summer‚" by Lois Duncan. It tells the story of four teenagers‚ Julie James‚ Helen Rivers‚ Raymond Bronson‚ and Barry Cox‚ and how one event affected their life. It all started when they were at aa little party‚ but their fun turns into disaster. The four friends crashed into a young boy‚ David Gregg‚ on the road and did not bother to stop. It was a hit and run. They stopped at the telephone booth and called the police. After that they made a pact on not
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be“Be Careful What You Wish For” By: Nur Kamilia binti Shafiq Aroki And on that sad‚ gloomy day‚ I learned an important lesson that I’ll probably never forget my whole life. It all started on the 3rd of January 2012 which was two days before school was reopening again. 2012 was an important year for me as I was sitting for a major exam which meant studying more and procrastinating less‚ and if you knew me personally‚ you would know that I procrastinate way more than a human organism
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What makes you happy? Before I answer this question I want to tell something . Do you know what really means to be happy. I think everyone will say yes. But if you don’t know the true meanings of sadness‚ pain and loneliness it means that you don’t know the real happiness. There are 6 billion people living in this world. They are all different and they all have their own lives to live. What I’m trying to say is “Happiness comes with a price”. Like after you finish some hard task successfully
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Brandon Hall Mrs. Settelmayer Honors Eng 10 10 May 2013 You Never Have to Grow Up! My grandma was a role model to me‚ she taught me “ to never grow up!” She never did grow to old age. Even when she was in the hospital on her deathbed. She always moved around with so much energy. Whatever us kids wanted to do she was right along side us. Whether it was staying up all night watching movies‚ playing at the park‚ or even playing computer games. She was
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ARE YOU A GOOD BOSS-OR A GREAT ONE 1. What are the pitfalls that plague managers? Ans. Many managers underestimate the transformational challenges of their roles. Managers in new assignments start out as receptive to change but as the managers start to settle in an organization they lose their fear of imminent failure and often grow complacent. Most bosses reach a level of proficiency and stop there-short of what they could and should have become‚ they stop growing and improving. Most often managers
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the meaning of her words in the simplest terms possible. I agree with Le Guin that the adventure itself is more significant than your end goal. When journeying to accomplish your goals‚ you learn invaluable life lessons and make memories. Those are the things that will carry you through your journey and remain with you for the rest of your life. A real life application of this quote is high school. The end goal is to graduate with a diploma‚ vital for the rest of your life;
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Overcoming social media procrastination Are you someone who would open up facebook and skype on your laptop once you get home? Since most of us people are exposed to the internet‚ social media procrastination has increasingly affected us. Some say its controllable‚ but most people say it isn’t. The average person spends up to 24 hours or more a week online. Students like me tend to spend that time online while we should be concentrating on work. Students that procrastinate like me end up sleeping
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I’d Know You Anywhere‚ Laura Lippman Laura Lippman‚ an accomplished author in the crime fiction genre‚ strikes gold with her stand-alone novel I’d Know You Anywhere‚ loosely based off of real events. For the first section of the novel‚ Lippman flawlessly switches the setting from present time‚ mainly in Maryland to 1985 with almost every chapter. Eliza Benedict‚ the main character‚ frequently refers to 1985 as “the summer she was fifteen”. To her‚ it is much easier than saying “that time I
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