Day 3 Thinking About Comics

Once I'd decided to start this blog, I had to recap days 1 and 2, but here I am today with scads of newspapers spread about. I begin the thinking about thinking today when I read "Pearls Before Swine," one of my favorite comic strips. A waiter asks the goat what he'd like to drink. The goat replies, "Break down some grain in hot water and let a bunch of fungi eat it and then give me their waste products." The rat next to the goat yells, "It's called beer, (expletive)!!" The goat turns to the waiter and says, "I like to be precise."

So I cut it out, make all the MLA documentation notes (for later) and start in earnest to see how many comics I can find to illustrate Elements of Thought, Intellectual Standards and Intellectual Traits. At this writing, I have 12 so far (and a big stack to go through) that cover: assumptions, statements, illustrations, clarity, purpose, and fallacies of reasoning. I plan on using these with my English 1D: Critical Thinking (a college sophomore composition class.)

Thinking about your thinking is like this picture my husband Fred took at Thetis Island, BC. You have your conscious mind and your unconscious mind, and you can explore both if you walk out on the dock.