Thinking Maps

Hi, I am a D.A.R.E graduate student in 5th grade at Clear Creek Elementary. The D.A.R.E group provides police officers to teach students and other people what not to do,and what to do incase of a scenario. I will be telling you about what I learned, The D.A.R.E decision making model. Last but not least, what I will do now because of how it helped. What does the D.A.R.E decision make model help with? It helps by breaking it down into four sections. The first section represents D. The D…

We all learn differently and we all definitely express ourselves, our day to day experiences help shape who we are and how we understand the world, so why not be able to use our own experiences into our research and writing? Well there is one type of writing that allows personal experience to shine through, this is called Autoethnography writing. Autoethnography writing is where personal experience is used as a part of research and connects personal experience to cultural, political, social…

In Meditations on First Philosophy/Meditation 1 Descartes insists that we might not have any surety in our knowledge. He concludes that reality as we know it is false, and we are ultimately deceived. This is interesting because there is no way to prove we can determine whether this is true or false logic. The claim has no intent on changing our daily actions, our moral beliefs, or our role in the universe, but is intended to bring us into open-mindedness. If we allow ourselves to accept the…

Moreover, a couple of individuals also manipulate this incident to attract media’s attention. In this case, Joshua Feuerstein, an American evangelist and former pastor, takes the spotlight. In general, Feuerstein is well-known for his YouTube’s discussion video of different topics. As for the Starbuck’s issue, Feuerstein’s video of condemning the Red Cup went viral quickly. By pointing out Starbuck’s red cup is satanic, he firmly concludes that the company hates and disrespects Jesus. Moreover,…

Successful speeches have the inherent ability to empower audiences to recognise contextual issues and deepen their acknowledgement of shared challenges and consequently influencing profound change. In light of this, speeches further achieve success when this recognition of contextual issues extends beyond the contemporary audience. Such empowerment to recognise contextual issues resonates powerfully within J.K Rowling’s notable Harvard commencement address, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure and…

Statement of Resolution: "Be it resolved that capitalism provides the most effective economic structure for society" Issue Position: The issue position of capitalism being the most effective economic structure for society did change before the debate. This is because, during the pre-debate report I was not able to gather a lot of information to support my main points, since mainly most of the information we found on the internet were supporting our opponent’s side. Therefore, I was convinced…

economy of Indonesia. The press article was written by World Growth, an organization promoting development, and it was more subjective, presenting evidence that only explained one side of the story. The intended audience for this article is perhaps thinking less critically than an expert in the field reviewing their peer’s work, meaning the power to persuade the public audience is easier to achieve, therefore not needing to be as…

Next and slightly more important criteria is appearance. Overall, the most important points within the appearance criteria were met, if not exceeded. Appearance is defined by the use of the front and back cover of the Navigator News, cited sources, columns or organizational ways of presenting information within the articles, and by the specific material used for the printing of the Navigator News. In terms of an organized way of presenting the information within any given article, it was…

To present their gatherings, each author has a unique writing style including variety of stories and facts that they want to show their audiences when approaching a similar topic. In Mancillas's writing, she paraphrases research that has already been done and recorded and combines the points of many different researches in order to challenge the stereotypes of only children. Mancillas breaks down her writing into columns with a header that discuses the research and perception of birth order,…

that separates those who can succeed at the top of organizations from those who cannot: advanced critical thinking skills. What is critical thinking? Definitions of critical thinking vary, but in nearly every instance, the explanation addresses gathering information, evaluating it, and accurately drawing assumptions about it. For the purpose of this discussion, I offer this: Critical thinking is a…