Thought

My thoughts about education technology are similar to my thoughts about technology. I feel excited. I am waiting for the next big thing! What is the new technology going to do? How is it going to be used? How will it change our lives? I am part of the technological determinist camp. I do place a value on old ideologies and cringe at the idea that humans are losing something precious with our adoption of new technologies. I remember discussing with a friend in the late 90’s while we were still in…

throughout the animal kingdom, our thoughts, and as a result, our intellectual power has lead us to become the dominating figure on this planet. Many people argue that one’s most powerful resource is their thoughts, but what kind of “thoughts” make them so fierce? Louis H. Sullivan, in his essay “Thoughts”, believes that creative thinking is the most powerful method of thinking. In order for one to think creatively, they must not use words, as words slow down the thought process due to having to…

ingenuous children” reveals a greater concern for the preservation. The main thing that both authors are trying to accentuate to their readers can be summed up as, one’s confirmation in his contentment in his own thoughts and desires. Paine and Thoreau are both attempting to convey the thought of independence. In their opinions, society should be a complement to one’s convictions. Paine communicates his support for this statement by establishing that society is not qualified to give its judgment…

What is thought in a play? According to the definition on CriticaLink, “Thought comprises both the rational processes through which characters come to decisions, as represented in the drama, as well as the values put forward in the form of maxims and proverbs”. (Aristotle)The thought behind the crucible is at the time Arthur Miller is writing this it is the red scare of 1953. Arthur Miller wrote the Crucible as a way to teach people about the upcoming hardships they were going to face as a…

For almost than 50 years educational policy makers have been focused on reducing the educational equally gap between groups of students. Multiple groups such as students of low socioeconomic status, and students of color, particularly boys of color have been identified as not achieving as high as their counterparts and not graduating from high school. In recent years, the attention has been drawn to children in poverty and the disparities these students face. Policy makers acknowledge that…

nervousness or anxiety from mothers to children. Researchers proved that most of the children were diagnosed with mental health disorders due to the transmission of symptoms from one generation to another. It says in the article: “Negative automatic thoughts play an important role in the development and maintenance of psychological symptoms and that these relationships are relatively specific.” It states that children can always be negative not only by their personal character, but also due to…

abrupt transitions when Nick remembers his Dad after he found out he was diagnosed with cancer and how he reacted to it. it shows the similarities and contrasts of Nick and his father and gives the viewer thoughts on Nickʼs fear of death. Nickʼs dad tryʼs to stay positive and it gives Nick thoughts on whether or not he should react the same way. The abrupt transitions build intensity in the viewer and also build suspense. The scene where Nick sees a sick boy in a wheel chair smiling at…

thinking about possible worlds and which possibilities of the world the person believes in. Alison Gopnik speaks more in depth of counterfactual thoughts and possible worlds in her essay, “Possible Worlds: Why Do Children Pretend?” Gopnik believes every person has the ability to think counterfactually of the past and the future. Those counterfactual thoughts lead to creating possible worlds. Each possible world can be a possibility of what one might think what would’ve or could’ve happened.…

schools of thought were brought forth during that time that which would have a lasting influence on shaping the Chinese political philosophy. These three schools of thought were, Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism. Each were an important contribution to making the Chinese society a better place. Confucius was the first person to address the political and social turmoil. He did this through a self-conscious way. First of all, Confucius did not focus on the problems…

thing in communicating. The reality, however, is that Christianity is much more diverse and divisive than one may have thought. Some think that history holds the answer, and that the older a teaching, the more authentic and true it is. In reality, early Christianity was likely just as diverse and divisive, if not more so than in the modern era. By far the most dominant school of thought under the Christianity is a shared heritage finding its roots in Judaism or the Abrahamic tradition. This is…