Critical phenomena

Juror number three to me was very irrational with his thought process of convicting the boy of his guiltiness. I felt as though he thought the problems he had with his son were the same that this father and son had. Nonetheless this is not the case. The way he described he and his son’s relationship, made me believe that he was pushing his son into being someone that he wasn’t. The juror not only wanted his son to live in the same mindset as him, but he wanted his son to be him. However, it is…

Although Bonner and Faludi make similar arguments, the two would most likely clash if seated in a room together. They would respect each other's work for the most part but there are a few topics the pair would disagree upon entirely. For starters, Bonner could argue that Faludi does not console the right audience. He feels strong sympathy for the victims who were wrongly accused and tortured because of the extreme fear leaders had post September 11th. “A book could be written about the lives…

Hope-Focused Approach In choosing an approach, I took some time seriously considering the behavioral, strategic, and structural approaches that were used in formulating the HFA. My reasoning was that choosing HFA might seem to be too easy, since the course focused on this approach within both our textbook reading and discussion board writing. After researching each of these approaches and spending several days struggling to write a draft on the behavioral approach, I realized the HFA is the…

Critical thinking is one of the most important aspects in nursing. Nurses develop critical thinking skills first in clinical experience and simulation in the classroom that resembles clinical experiences, but in a safe environment. Critical thinking aspects includes decision-making and reasoning of the nurse’s problem-solving skills. There are many ways in which nursing students can learn to develop critical thinking skills. Critical thinking is taught through example from instructors,…

On the article “Sirius Black Man or Dog?” by Eric Saidel, the author explained about the concept on whether Sirius Black, a character on the Harry Potter series, have the mind of a dog or a human when he transformed into Padfoot. The author’s thought process was back and forth towards the theories that he had already said and dismisses them but later on bring back again to reevaluate. There are strengths and weaknesses that the author had made while writing this article, just like bringing back…

Area 51: Aliens, True or Real? Area 51 has long been understood to obscure real evidence about aliens since the twentieth century. In the article Area 51’s Facade, the author states the significance of the structures in Area 51 which alludes to the fact of the existence of aliens. This paper will analyze the validity of the article by analyzing the claims, assumptions, and evidence made by the author, analyze how the author’s views are more pseudoscientific than scientific, and by using…

Why the Audience Changes How Writers Tell a Story Two articles, one newspaper, one peer reviewed, that share the same story in completely different ways. “How Walking in Nature Changes the Brain” is an article in the New York Times written by Gretchen Reynolds, and “Nature experience reduces rumination and subgenual prefrontal cortex activation” a peer reviewed article by Gregory Bratman, J. Paul Hamilton, Kevin S. Hahn, Gretchen Daily, and James Gross. Both describe that city life can be…

The most important thing that I have learned from these chapters is how to engage in civil political discord on the issues that we are facing today. In a time when there is very little positive discord in Washington among politicians there. Using the Heie's approach means that we can begin to look for ways to communicate with those we disagree with in a more polite fashion. We must realize that truth telling is a very important part of winning over those we seek to influence. One of the…

Sextus Empiricus in Skepticism raises some interesting points about the life of a skeptic. A skeptic withholds all judgement in an effort to obtain ultimate tranquility. Empiricus makes a statement about all the other types of people who are not skeptics, “for the person who entertains the opinion that anything is by nature good or bad is continually disturbed” (Empiricus 357). A less drastic alternative could be proposed for those who are not skeptics to consider rather than reject skepticism…

If one were to turn on their television right now, and switched to a news station, would they trust the information that is given? Would one second guess the news reporter? News stations are under fire a lot for being biased. One will often hear the President of the United States, Donald Trump, make claims about how there is “fake news”. But is there some truth to that, or is it all “fake news”? It’s almost ironic. Either normal news has “fake news”, or the people that are saying there is “fake…