Monday, July 30, 2012

Day 6 What Would Shakespeare Do and Comments from a Conference Attendee

Day six isn't over and I am pounding the keyboard, reworking my Shakespeare course syllabus and thinking about more effective questions.

I also received an email from Artez Briseno, who teaches critical thinking to military personnel, and am including his comments here. He set me up with a challenge within the challenge. My brain's in critical thinking boot camp.

"I took a look at your blog and will enjoy going back over the next year to see how CT is hopefully not only more understood and witnessed in your everyday life but hopefully how it progresses as well.

I think the one that stuck out the most so far was from Day 5. I knew a lot of young men with lifted trucks from my high school in Central MO. that became Fire Fighters, Police Officers, Teachers, and yes, an EMT. I know a few that volunteer in multiple youth organizations across the US in an attempt to assist with adding even just the least amount of stability to a troubled young child’s life. If it’s one thing that I have found that will get me in trouble more often than anything else is the act of making unwarranted assumptions. When I think about it though, I find the worst part about it is that it rarely negatively impacts those around me directly, but it limits my own growth potential, possibly preventing me from helping those around me now as well as in the future.

Might I make one request? Dedicated one week to each of the CT standards. Make an attempt to find all the ways you can apply and identify that one throughout your life for seven days and write about it. I would really enjoy that!

Enjoy your blog. What a great idea!

V/R
Artez Briseno
F3EAD Course Manager/Instructor"

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