Six Thinking Hats

The termites seemed to focus and not become disoriented by the straight line. However, the sharp angle line seemed to confuse the termites. According to Joe Culin, from the Department of Entomology at Clemson University, “Termites are better at following relatively straight or gently curved lines rather than those containing sharp angles”(Culin). In the lab the termites were tested on a straight line and another line, which had closely drawn sharp angles. With this information in mind, that…

Both of the authors had a different style of producing the resource. For proof, the author of the fictional resource put characters with much different personalities. Though not every kid is alike of course, Rhode Dahl had managed to make them completely different, as if to show the different lifestyles and attitudes of the kids to spice up the story. For example, the characters in the book were Charlie Bucket, Veruca Salt, Augustus Gloop, Violet Beauregarde, and Mike Teavee. Each of them had…

One objection to hosting the World Cup mentioned by author one includes the excessive amount of government money used to host the event. In addition, concerns that hosting the event led to increased government corruption have also led to objections. On the other hand, author one explains how hosting the World Cup benefitted Brazil’s tourist industry. Due to the World Cup, companies trained workers to better satisfy customers by learning new languages. As a result, workers in Brazil became more…

One of the most informative topics presented was that of the Big Five. After taking the short quiz and reading up on the five traits, I really felt like I learned a lot about myself. My highest score was neuroticism and I was surprised by how well it described me. According to Gosling, a person such as myself who is high on the scale of neuroticism is likely to be anxious, worry a lot, have mood swings, and get upset rather easily (Gosling, 2008, p.53). I would say that it is a pretty good…

Knowledge has become a very complex issue in recent years and today knowing what to believe is harder than ever. With the seemingly spineless structure of the media and the topics they are reporting on, it is easy to feel like you have no true way of knowing what is real. The age old philosophy used to be that if you had a justified true belief, it must be considered to be knowledge. Many philosopher’s today support this theory however, according to Edmund L. Gettier in his essay Is Justified…

Mike Markel writes in chapter four “Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose,” from the textbook Practical Strategies For Technical Communication, that it is important to know both the audience and the purpose for which the document is being written. The first thing that he said needs to be done is to understand the audience and purpose. Knowing who the audience is will determine what is talked about in the document. Make sure that the document is appealing to the audience, their interests and needs,…

What are credible sources? Credible sources are those you can trust. Those from which we can trust that the ideas and information provided come from the author. When doing a research paper we have to make sure that the information provided by the author is backed up with evidence. When writing a paper you should always use credible sources even if it takes longer, because if you don't your paper would be providing false information. In the other hand, you should always include citations and…

The book ‘Soul Surfer’ isn’t about the glory of winning surf competitions, nor the extraordinary talent Bethany has surfing; but rather the strength and persistence Bethany had after adversity. The shark attack was a horrific occurrence which had the potential of permanently ceasing Bethany’s goals and aspirations, but Bethany found a way to break past that brick wall and use her affliction as an advantage in her career path. The author did a tremendous job at relating to the reader in her…

The article Operation Overload discusses the leaders of the operations which were General Dwight Eisenhower the head leader, Air Marshall Leigh-Mallory, Air Marshall Tedder, Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery and Admiral Bertram Ramsey who were the senior commanders. Operation overlord taken place in June of 1944 and contained soldiers from America and Britain. The setting of Operation Overlord was thought intensity based on the easiest way to get to France which was The Pays de Calais however,…

In October of 2015 Professor Kitlinski’s writing composition class had one thing on their mind: survive against the undead. They came together to form a society that functioned as a well-oiled machine. A key factor in this machine was to not only learn from their mistakes, but learn from other society’s mistakes. Communication and social media specialist, Niana Pallatt, fulfilled her role as a link between the North Paseo Building community and outside UTSA which was necessary to gather…