Tacit knowledge

"Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever" (Aristophanes). This quote is telling us that as you grow up you learn right from wrong, but you won’t always use your brain. There will be times when you don’t think things all the way out and you will eventually make a bad decision. You just have to get over it and try not make the mistake again. Not only do you need to avoid making the same mistake, but you also need to try to…

Silly poems and deep, dark truths are the world of Shel Silverstein. The lights in the attic always seem to be on; however, if one takes a hard look at Silverstein’s work, one must look beyond the lights in the attic to delve through the rest of the house to come up with a whole picture of who Shel Silverstein was. As with most authors, the face put forward in public for consumption rarely matches the behind-the-scenes person who keeps personal secrets away from society. All understand this…

Four Liberal Arts Breadth Areas The Liberal Arts Breadth Areas that Ottawa University incorporates into its academic program provides an in-depth way of learning from a different point of view. These breadth areas include art/expression, social/civic, science/description, and value/meaning. The multiple intelligences from the previous LAB #1, also integrate with the breadth areas to create a unique perspective on critical thinking. I will explain how this structure exemplifies my strengths,…

(see attached rubric) For group work, the students are graded in knowledge and thinking under the scoring domains of content, argument, narrative, and theme. Under written communication, the students are graded on organization, development, language use and conventions. Under oral communication, the students are graded…

The Teachers The king, the Alchemist and the sheep all taught santiago something threw out his journey. some more than the others. But still each taught him a something. Something that help him on his adventure. The alchemist taught him many things. He taught Santiago about personal legend. that no matter what he does even if he stayed and married fatima the bad omens and luck would call him to fulfill the quest. he also teaches Santiago that the quest is more about the journey than the…

Chapter four is called Inviting change: Careful Confrontation. In this chapter, the author talk about how a confrontation with another can be uncomfortable, but sometimes confrontation is necessary in order to rework and fix relationships. To give effective feedback to another is to offer the max amount of information and to minimize the threat to the receiver. Author goes on to further address that you must be gentle, respectful, and clear when you are confronting another about a particular…

1. My weekend was great we had no school Monday, and half day Friday. On the half day I want to U-Ridge. Which is a very nice golf course. In fact it is the UW Badgers home course. I went with my friend David we play nine holes of good golf. I shot 43 and David shot 39. On the last hole it started pouring rain and we got soaked! The rain came down so quick I had no time even to get my rain gear on! I finished that hole with a Birdie just in time because lightning struck right after. On saturday…

Hip Hop Information Literacy Case Study To make a case for a new Hip Hop Information Literacy course a personal assessment of the university culture was recorded during my first year on campus. The quantitative measurements as a faculty member were conjured from an ACRL Assessment in Action Project Institutional Profile, a collaborative project completed with university faculty members and students ((ACRL), 2015-2016). The qualitative information was based off observational experiences in the…

The goal of education is to drag every man as far out of the cave as possible. Education should not aim at putting knowledge into the soul, but at turning the soul toward right desires”. The goal of the city as a whole is to educate people so they can focus on the Form of the Good (Kessler). The freed prisoner returns to the cave and tells everyone they are all trapped…

Many people wish that they can have the opportunity to travel and experience new destinations, cultures, and food. If I had a ticket to anywhere I desire, I would get on a cru ship and travel to Greece. I would want to travel to Greece because I would want to experience the culture, beautiful views, and the amazing food. The first thing that I would do is take a cru ship to get to Greece. While on the ship I would take full advantage different activities. I would go out onto the deck of the…