Wishful thinking

teacher? Being a teacher is the without doubt the hardest work I have ever done, but no other type of job has ever given me as much satisfaction. Helping my students to comprehend the science behind this world we live in and watching their critical thinking skills grow warms my heart. I think teachers play a critical role in society in these rapidly changings times, a basic comprehension of scientific method is crucial to the development of an informed citizenry. Finally, I enjoy being around…

The Common Core standards promote critical thinking as well as thinking analytical. Common Core challenges students to critically think rather than guessing which multiple choice answer is correct or the memorization of the correct answer. These standards are meant to get the student to fully understand what…

important universities provide graduates with core skills such as critical thinking and…

Clifford Vs James In the “Ethics of Belief”, William K. Clifford presents us with an example. The example tells us why we always need sufficient evidence to believe something. He says that no one should believe something from a gut feeling or something we just think is true without any evidence of that it proves that it is right. We think of this as if it were a joke because it may not affect us now, but if everyone begins to follow this it will be a big difference from the way we think now.…

differences (Honey)”. The first benefit I will gain from valuing diversity is making better decisions. If I only surrounded myself with people who think just like me I would never see a different world -view or be able to expand my horizons and my critical thinking skills would be subpar at best. The second benefit I will gain is having the ability to” build positive relationships with “different people”( Barkman)”. I can make an effort to meet people who are of a different race, religion, and…

Some would argue that collective thinking is better since it uses all the skills of different members. While, others would argue that individual thinking is better because it promotes the personal experiences and ideas related to particular subject. For me collaborative thinking is better because it helps me think more deeply as I start the conversation with others. By talking through the problem, I can…

The evolutionary story suggests that our moral beliefs evolved organically to select for what would keep a community alive. That our morals do not approach an objective truth, but are merely adaptively fit. This lends to an argument that since we are not evolved to know the truth, our morals may be totally invalid, and so we cannot rationally believe them. This argument that we cannot trust our morals is flawed. The debunker claims that since evolution selects for fitness rather than moral truth…

and try to get better life to be happy.Happiness become the super replicator of life to give people a motivation and to stable the society. In the article “Reporting Live from Tomorrow” written by Daniel Gilbert, the author mentions that belief or thinking can become super replicators just like genes pass to others even though sometimes it might be inaccurate information.The author also mention surrogate that the transition process which connect individuals and super replicators. As the society…

I am inspired to read more so I can learn about other popular issues in today 's time. By responding to these articles, I was able to examine what is important to me, and a lot of the articles were. Critically reading these articles expanded my thinking skills and led me to look closer into subjects in order get a better insight on them. I am happy that English 101 was my first college class because with the critical reading skills I have learned, I feel better prepared to take on the next…

Water pollution does not just affect one specific group of people, it affects many different demographics. My first source is “Coastal Pollution and Women 's Health in Ada-Foah, Ghana”, published in 2003 by Elaine Tweneboah. In this article, the author goes over the many problems women in Ada-Foah face concerning water pollution. My second source is “Perceptions of farmers on health risks and risk reduction measures in wastewater-irrigated urban vegetable farming in Ghana”, published in 2008 by…