Thinking Maps

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…

In response to this scenario, I would first schedule a meeting with the author and their literary agent (if they have one) to have a discussion and ask some fundamental questions in regards to the acquisition process to get a general understanding of the idea, plan, and content of the book that he proposed. If it sounds promising and has potential to become a success, I would then proceed to request for a copy of the manuscript so that I can read it and get a deeper understanding of its content.…

In “Fallacies of Logic” Irving Shapiro describes the different ways a person, intentionally or unintentionally, can attack their opponent. Fallacies, when used, could be effective tools to confuse and distract opponents. The use of logical fallacies, also known as con, date back to Athens when a school taught students to win arguments using fallacies. The following are the most common fallacies used. Fallacies are easy to agree with and are simple statements with little or irrelevant information…

Even though the CEO James Edward employs Wendy Jones as chief operating officer to bail out the hospital about $160,000. Through reviving the hospital funds Ms. Jones decrees to remove the head radiologist position by making use of outsource the interpretation of imaging readings as an alternative. This result would bring about for over 18% of inaccuracy rates in outsourced readings, reports and precisely to this the hospital was faced with many legal liabilities. The hospital medical director…