Wishful thinking

My Reflection: So I believe that I have shown growth in my writing skills because looking back in Grade 9 and the beginning of Grade 10 I saw myself as like a "Level 2" person when it comes to writing because when I write something like an news article for example, so after I handed the news article in to assignment bin (ELS20 bin I guess) and it's handed back to me with some feedback and I read that feedback. It would say that I should revise it because I have some errors such as comma splices,…

Including critical thinking as one of the seven general capabilities, the Australian Curriculum explicitly demands students to develop inquiry skills (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Report Authority [ACARA], n.d.a). In Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS), students are required to learn and apply the concepts through inquiry-based learning, such that they will be able to solve problems in a logical way (ACARA, n.d.c, p.3). This short essay discusses the concept and some theoretical…

In my content area of middle school social studies it is essential that I develop a classroom that integrates literacy strategies that enables students’ to establish a strong vocabulary, critical thinking skills, and comprehension. Social studies carries a large amount of factual information that is presented through books, the internet, and multiple secondary sources that requires students’ to be proactive in reading throughout the school year. When I teach middle school social studies I will…

Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally, understanding the logical connection between ideas. It could be described as the ability to engage in reflective and independent thinking. In principle, critical thinking requires you to use your ability to reason. It is about being an active learner rather than a passive recipient of information. None of us think critically all of the time. There are times when we think in almost any way, but critically, for example, when our…

Hume argues that we have no logical reason to believe in miracles on the basis of testimonies from those who claim to have seen a miracle. Miracles in a sense are derived from testimonies which are second-hand evidence from someone’s experience making it unreliable. No one can depend entirely on testimony as if it were to act as an immediate object of our senses since it contradicts our senses.The evidence must be greatly supported for it to be probable for belief, according to Hume. However, we…

Nonsense Buried Underneath the Rubble Many people would think a newspaper as reputable as The New York Times would put their articles through rigorous scrutiny before publishing. This is not the case in the article “The 9/11 Decade; Outdone by Reality” by Michiko Kakutani. After reading Kakutani's article, one is left with a sense of “where did ten minutes of my life go, and what the hell did I read?” Kakutani article is scatter brained throughout the whole article making it hard to follow what…

I am juror number three from the murder trial. I am writing to you so you can hear our reason on why we decided not guilty. I think the boy was not guilty. I think the boy was not guilty because there was no official evidence. The witness statements were not accurate. The first reason why I and the others voted not guilty because the witness didn’t give us good evidence. For example we had a witness who stated that he heard the killing take place. “The old man heard the boy scream, I’m…

In this day and age, many people would choose to follow the view of others instead of developing their own individual ideas. Whether it be between Democrats and Republicans or Coca-Cola and Pepsi, people tend to gravitate towards whatever side is deemed as popular. Rarely will someone choose to find out if the side they are following is the side they would actually support, and this often backfires on them. People conform to other's opinions either to feel accepted in a community, avoid unjust…

This affidavit is designed to show the court the probable cause we have to continue further investigation of the apartment of Theodore Berger. We have beliefs that Theodore was responsible for the abduction and murder of a 10 year old girl named Lucie Berlin. On June 9, 1904, there was reports of a 10 year old girl named Lucie Berlin that went missing. We would like to request a search warrant for a man, that goes by the name of Theodore Berger. We have gathered information from our…

Duc Nguyen-Pham’s essay I like that this essay has a clear thesis and provides interesting examples for supporting topic sentences. After reading this essay, I searched the film, Breakfast at Tiffany’, and found negatively portrayed American actress which are difficult to be noticed in this modern time. Also, each body paragraph talk about one topic which is one of the three avenues. So, I was able to easily understand the essay. Base 1: Unity 1. Is there a clearly stated thesis in the…