I'd rather be moving an armoire today....*sigh*
I have to openly admit that I used to write more freely
here and with more emotional depth about how I was feeling, struggling etc with
depression and other sorts of issues.�
We all have those issues.� But
recently my son has started to read my diary and I hate to think of causing the
fear of God in him with worry about me when I chose to write at 1 a.m. within
the grips of an emotional download of thoughts and ideas.� It would break my heart to worry him over
momentary bad feelings so I write about those elsewhere to help myself cope
without causing other people undue stress.�
This is what happens when people find out where you write online I
suppose.
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In addition, the man came home from work yesterday and
advised me that he gave my url to his bosses wife because she likes to read a
lot too.� My first reaction was �You did
WHAT???�� I even joked with him that I
was going to start every entry with �my poor guy doesn�t make enough money, he
needs a raise� teeheee�..�
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It is odd to think that individuals I don�t even know can
and will know more about me than I may ever know about them.� But in any event hello to the bosses wife,
tell me what you like to read, I�m curious.�
And I hope you enjoy reading about what I do on the Saturday�s when my
man is out working hard.� It�s probably
a blessing in disguise that he works on Saturday�s so that I can wrangle my
brain into tackling schoolwork.� For a
guy who mostly �hates� my website, he�s a walking advertisement for it too, so
I suppose he�s secretly proud in some way or another.
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It�s another mid Saturday morning where I�m sitting on the
couch with laptop in hand reviewing what school dictates I will be spending my
next few hours tackling.� This has
become a habit and I know that when I graduate from college I will find myself
sitting on the couch on Saturday�s feeling lost as to what normal non-college
people do with this day.�
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What is my assignment?
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������� Nature of Logic and Perception
Paper (Due Week One � see calendar)
READ CAREFULLY
Prepare a 700-1,050 word, typewritten paper explaining the
nature of logic as it relates to critical thinking, as you understand it.
Within the paper, also be sure to outline your own perceptual process.�� Then describe the types of perceptual
blocks that influence your views and then explain the critical thinking process
and how it is changed or manipulated by perception.� An abstract is not required in this paper.� Do not simply use the questions as
headings and answer them; I expect a paper that addresses these issues and
those indicated in the beginning of this paragraph.� Post your paper in the Assignments
newsgroup.
Refer to the ideas and questions below to help you develop
your paper:
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Identify an instance in your life where your perception of
the reality situation was far from the actual reality.
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What did you think was going on?
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What was really going on?
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Why was there such a difference?
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What happened?
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What did you learn?
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How did your critical thinking process change?
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It�s a good thing I do not have an aversion to writing
because if I did I�d never make it through this program.� It is writing intensive.� But before I can do this assignment it has
occurred to me that I really need to do this portion of the weeks work:
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1.������
Read Chapters 1- 3 and 14 in the text, Critical
Thinking.
2.������
Read the following University Materials located
in the source materials :
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Briefly review "Critical Thinking Assumptions
Scenarios" (There will be instructions posted in the Course Materials
newsgroup in Week 2)
Review the �Master List of Logical Fallacies�
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I don�t think it�s fun to read things that do not excite
me.� I have several new and exciting
books on the coffee table that I would rather be reading so it takes much
dedication to attack boring critical thinking stuff.� I always walk away from the assignments smarter for having done
them, but prior to their completion they just appear to be thorns in my
side. �
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In other news:�
There�s a Petsmart commercial where they show a weiner dog running
around with his/her favorite toy and then the owner takes it away from him/her
and takes the dog to Petsmart to get a new one.� That commercial is so cute it makes my teeth ache.� So cute�.
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Ok this delaying of the inevitable doing of the
aforementioned assignment��must now end.
It's a glorios thing when an author leaves me a guestbook entry! It's the best reason for me to continue to write here. Now that book just got moved to the top of the "must read next" list. :-)
And just for the record...this cover rocks!
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