Critical Thinking
“( 1 ) an attitude of being disposed to consider in a thoughtful way the problems and subjects that come within the range of one's experiences, (2) knowledge of the methods of logical inquiry and reasoning, and (3) some skill in applying those methods. Critical thinking calls for a persistent effort to examine any belief or supposed form of knowledge in the light of the evidence that supports it and the further conclusions to which it tends.” -Edward Glaser
Freshman Year
Belly of The Whale
The reason that I chose to do this for this DRSL was because I wrote about problems in my life and how I overcame them. The project was to write about our own belly of the whale, we had to use different ways to describe things in our story.
Sophomore Year
Dear Past Me
This was one of my pieces for my multi-genre paper that we had to do as a class. This is a letter to myself after my Grandfather passed away. It's me, if able to, going back in time to deliver a message to myself in hopes to educate myself with what was happening at that time of my life. The reason that I chose this for this DRSL was because I had to address that problem that I was going through in the past and think about how I could have made the situation easier.
Junior Year
I-Search Paper: The Dentist
This was a paper that we had to do in my English class. I had the opportunity to write a paper on a subject that interested me and that I could learn about while writing it. I had to write about what I knew, what I wanted to learn, what my question was and why I chose it, how I went about learning about it, what I learned about it, and what my conclusion was. I had to do all of the research on my own and I had to find different sources to get my answers. It worked for critical thinking because I had to look from two different sides and find ways that I can solve the problems that were happening.
Senior Year
Creative Non-Fiction
This was a paper that I wrote in my U of U Writing 1010 class. For this paper we had to find a subject that we were deeply interested and wanted to know about. I wanted to learn and inform people about what happens when they go to the dentist office for their six month cleanings. I used the internet and my internship mentor to get all of the information that I needed.
I chose this for this DRSL because I had to think about the issue that I had, wondering what happens during a dental cleaning, and I had discuss it to inform what exactly went on.
I chose this for this DRSL because I had to think about the issue that I had, wondering what happens during a dental cleaning, and I had discuss it to inform what exactly went on.