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13 32 12 PSY 300 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY DQ 07 27 2010 08 30 2010 2008 10 6 Week 1 DQ 1: Goals
I am hoping this class will give me greater levels of skills in
which to work smarter and shave a few more seconds off of tasks I do, so I
can do more tasks in the same amount of time/stamina.
Looking forward to learning more coping techniques. Please write your overarching goal(s) for returning to school? I only have a small degree of understanding in academic format
of how I want to apply what I want to do into the scholastic world. I know I
want to continue my education past uop, but as to
how, that is a very good question. In what field, is another very good
question. I have a couple hundred more really good questions I have little
idea how to answer. I want to understand how to function better. I look 110%
forward to being able to learn as much as I can the learning techniques this
class offers. I would like very much to continue my education past this my
bachelors. But that is something we shall see if I can develop the necessary
skills for. I
am a thinker, I want to know if I can (academically speaking) turn my raw
ideas into a solid both academic format and a business format. I came up with
a good idea in my last class which will require a high degree of business and
science knowledge I simply do not have at this point. 3 Thanks for your notes and elaboration on your long term and
class goals. Your wrote regarding a specific goal: You are absolutely correct about knowing nothing about what I
learned at Axia college gen 105. I learned several
techniques in how to study. I learn about the best way for me to study. 1 do
a once over, do a very quick scan of the material from the first page to the
last. This first skim should not take more then say
10 minutes. 2 then do a more careful once over, wait at least a few hours
before doing a more careful skim. This should take about 30 minutes. Just to
start familiarizing with the most important words, see the graphics and such.
Then start at the top and start to carefully but not to learn the material
from the first page and start to slowly absorb the information. Then a couple
days later that is when the actually learning
process begins. Carefully start to go over all the material learning, making
notes, carefully starting to dissect the information. I also for the last two steps use textaloud.com this speaking
aloud program has been more valuable to me then I can say. I recommend this
program at the top of my lungs for the rest of my life. What you type it
reads back, it can also be used on the internet and outlook. Need a web page
read for you, just get this program and push play. (unpaid, but I love it)
4 You later wrote: My most specific goals in this class is to learn how to apply
the lessons at the university level to what I learned in both my non academic
research as well as my year at Axia. My long term
goal is to be a professional researcher. I spent a lot of time independently
learning about ancient cultures I want to take what I learned about them and
apply those pieces of knowledge to the academic world. I have no intention of
stopping at a Bachelors degree. But I need the lessons of this class to teach
me better study techniques and time management skills so I can remove my
ignorance with knowledge. One of my favorite phrases is this “there is a cure of
ignorance, it is call knowledge. There is little cure for stupidity.” It goes
hand in hand with my other favorite phrase “nosce te ipsum” For only through the trials of self awareness can one learn
where one is ignorant and fill in the gaps with knowledge. I want to use what I learn to nosce te ipsum and fill in the gaps to achieve my long term goals. I am hoping this class will teach me how to go about making my
study techniques better. I need to also learn time management. I have a great
deal to learn and a very short time to learn those things in, so I am hoping that the first chapters I have read
so far and the chapters to follow will give me a better understanding of
exactly where I am ignorant and how to fill in that whole with knowledge. Someone once said learning is the discipline of applying the seet of the britches to the seat of the chair. I agree in
all but this aspect, for me sitting and reading I can do it for weeks
and learn more in 2 hours from an
interactive program. I can spent a month reading a book, I can listen to that
same book and have not only a close to 90% comprehension but it only takes me
a few hours with the program. So learning exactly how to apply yourself to the
study process is most of the issues I have had and what I want this class to
teach me better techniques.
5 How are these related to our stated learning objectives? The
learning objectives provide an overview of our subject matter. From these, it
would follow a personal goal is more likely to have substance. Week One One of the techniques I have learned is to go immeditaly
to wikipedia. For even though it is not acceptable
resources it is a great place to start picking up the vocabulary when it
comes to the new subject being learned. There are also many times legitimate
references at the bottom. So with the new assignment, start with wikipedia, then link to the words and links provided. If
you need then use the words and other links to go back to the uop library with a refinded
search
6 My
academic advisor told me, with exactly the same question, get your bachelors
first. Then do a masters in the next field. Makes life much easier, only an
additional 10 ish months of school. You can also
avoid the annoying extra classes if you specialize in the second subject with
a masters in it. Plus if you want a bachelor in your current subject and one
masters in the current subject and a second masters in the second subject.
That looks much better on a resume. 7 You
never know what you are capable of till you are put into the situation. I
reference a semi good movie but great point “I have seen knights run at the
first sign of battle, and I have seen the lowliest squire pull a spear from
his own body to defend a dieing horse.” You never
know what you are capable of till you are put to the test. I
saw another show this time a mob story. A made man took 2 childhood friends
about 12 years old one his nephew the other the nephews friend. The uncle
handed the nephew a gun and told him to shoot the guy on the floor. The
nephew refused, the friend took the gun and pulled the trigger. You
either have it or you do not. You Sire are here, working to finish your
degree already attempting to expand beyond what you thought you were capable
of. You have put thought and action behind attempting to (take the gun)
pro-active action to shape the end game of your education career. So you
obviously have passed the test and are Carpi Diem. You just have to follow
through correctly. Correctly for you would be to get the masters, or two. It
is only another 10 months. On
the costs. The amount of pay a masters degree will earn you who cares what
the amount you have to pay for it is? Look up on monster how much a bachelors
in your field is going to be then look at the masters. I assume it will be
just about double. Put
it to you another way, database programmers who make the most money are the
ones who can program in the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_database
programmers are the best of the best. The amount of knowledge it takes to run
that kind of data base automatically puts them at the top of their field.
Their skills are only accessible through very limited areas, but in those
areas their jobs can not be outsourced. Put
yourself into unique training and you can write your own ticket. 8 What
do you know how to program? I ask this because one of the reasons I am here
is to learn to program. I have several interesting ideas I need a program to
crunch the numbers for me. I
figured to do heavy research I would need to use a computer to build the
programs and models. So instead of asking or paying someone to build the tools
for me, just learn how to do it myself. Even if I never actually do any of the
coding learning how to talk to a programmer or a database programmer will
require the same training as being one myself. If there is one thing absolute
math, science, computer programming, and database designing being too
specific is not a bad thing. To explain how to make a program which will so
what I want it to do will require a huge amount of as specific as possible
using all the correct verbiage to tell an expert what I want programmed. One
of the things I want programmed is the birth and death cycles of sociology.
What I mean is the when did the British empire form what data, when did the
British empire change from the first ruling family to the second, third,
fourth, ect. Tracking the dates of what things
occurred will lead to some very interesting observation patterns. I give a
for instance, the summer of love is exactly 82 sequences of 24 years (a
generation) between the year 1 of the Gregorian calendar and 1968. Since the
year in older cultures began at mid summer that puts the summer of love in
the 82 generation. I
find that very interesting. But
as you can tell starting with the countries, then country regions, then
cities, then communities in those cities will take some very hard detailed
explaining. 9 I
was making a point, I think it is a very good movie, but some people do not
like Kevin Costner. The
challenge to the person is not to be put to the test by change but to foresee
opportunities and position yourself to you can be in the correct place at the
correct time. I
can not tell you how accurate “chance favors the
prepared person”. I like movie quotes because I can reference highly
complicated concepts and most in the American pop culture have seen the movie
and can understand 2 hours of lessons with just one sentence. Academically it
is nasty and crude but in a discussion quickly being able to relay
complicated items is the point. In
that specific reference the antagonist did not think about train passengers
boarding around that city their would (most likely)
defiantly be a Special Forces person on the train. That city has 7 military
bases and is the home of the 101. So it would be unlikely someone with specially
training would not be on board. (the military I can not
have more respect for. I was not gifted with a body capable of doing military
service. But those in uniform how can I help. My family their military
background is complicated and hard to talk about. All honorable discharges or
current active duty, but difficult tails.) One
of the reasons I am writing this is to point out we have all minus the
teacher have put ourselves into school as adults after realizing the glass
ceiling we can not cut through no matter how much
we push. No velum that glass ceiling is impenetrable. I
was talking to my father today he did the same thing I am doing. After he had
more then 10 years of real world experience he
realized the only way he could achieve success is with higher education. In
the late 1950s that was a little harder then it
sounds. Putting
ourselves with years of advanced notice in the correct positions to achieve
goals 2, 3, 5, 15 years away is what I am talking about. Change
does favor the prepared mind, but logic also teaches just how much some
actions are a forgone conclusion. I reference some
of the worst dictators the positioning they took advantage of are very easy
places to position oneself. One just has to see the opportunity and be in the
correct place at the correct time. This class in some of the lessons I have
seen show just how to position yourself. First showing tips in test taking,
then in class preparation, and then how to apply that knowledge to the real
world. You know the best thing to do right before a test, do something completely
different, the 12 to 18 hours before a test just do something completely fun
and totally separate from the subject of the test. The subconscious has a
remarkable way of simmering knowledge and spitting it out at just the right
time. By learning how to use the subconscious tool one can allow the mind to
spit out information at just the correct time to achieve more then the conscious memory can do on its own. 10 On
length, for me it is easy. I just write till the idea ends. 11 Wow,
I must say you have answered my interesting post with a response I was not
expecting. I am both pleased and very concerned. In
my life I have had many unusual experiences. Those experiences were mostly
intended interactions designed to allow me to understand the inner workings
of how each specific item worked. (the items were carefully thought out from
the base of an items up. Thanks to James Burke “connections” I had a good
road map as to how to determine what the base of something was) I
too am highly curious about why stuff is the way it is. I became very angry
with my parochial school background when I was informed-taught-drilled into-
and above all ordered to believe things which were flat out untrue. A
lot of our mathematical geometry comes from the Babylonians. This in itself
is a huge misnomer, it is an error of understanding with labels. The tower or
babbyle was a university. I
am highly familiar with Asimov, I am also familiar with Heinlein. As
to generations, I have a slightly different take on the subject. Even though
everything you stated was true about the concepts of in some cultures of the
age of fertility. I have a different take on it. My take is based both on
ancient cultures and current electro-magnetic research. This is a subject I
am very leery of getting deep into because to understand how a culture made
something requires rebuilding that item from the ground up. Most of that
knowledge is inappropriate in this class. There
is a lot we could talk about. Just need to figure out what is appropriate in
class and not appropriate in class. I
want to take what I learned about from ancient cultures and current cutting
edge scientific discoveries and present what the ancients know to the world.
My problem is my absolute ignorance as to how academia works. This class the
best thing about it, I am starting to pick up better tools for figuring out
how to learn in an academic environment. For each step in the progress from;
daily chats, weekly assignments, all the way through to my bachelors and
beyond. 12 Big
mojo? What do you mean? I can think of several
meanings for that. One of the things I am keenly interested in is
understanding why the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_mathematics
had a 60 based number system. They also had several algebra formulas. But the
problem exists. Is the modern world ready to accept just how much the
Mesopotamian cultures knew? If they understood A = .5 * b*h (which there is
little to indicate they did not) then they would have defiantly had math to
determine exactly where they were. Not only geometrically, but on different
scales. My
short term goals are to learn as much as I can every day as efficiently as
possible. Each day lessons build into 7 day lessons, class lessons, year
lessons, and finally career lessons. I need to understand exactly how to
function in academia. One of the key things you pointed to in your other post was 'psychohistory', which as I am starting to learn is one of the
key points to modern culture. There is a strong reason for 10,000 charities.
Hundreds of educational institutions. As well as think tanks galore. Humans
need an organization to work with or against. Any given idea needs to have a
organized structure to it for the masses and individuals to be able to trust
not only the persons in charge, the idea, but what the application of that
idea into the world is. I saw a commercial today from the “corn” industry
which just about angered me to the point of making my own PSA. It reminded of
the tobacco adds of the 50s and 60s. Putting an
idea into an organization seams to be the way an
idea is accepted. But that organization has to be run according to specific
rules. Be it a think tank, institute, not for profit, business, or corporation.
I am here to learn how to interact between ideas and the originations they
need to exist within. 13 I was talking with my wife about this very subject tonight. When
I finished my year at Axia, I decided I would dive
into algebra and learn as much as I could. I wanted to print out the book and
spent all day for 2 weeks reading the text book. Unfortunately, even though I
am extremely aware that is the worst way in which I learn. I learn from the
text book extremely slowly, I decided I could do it that way. After the first
week and I made little progress. I was able to get the first 100 pages of the
1200 page book looked at and semi understood. But beyond that lost. I found
the math program section in uop and started
immediately working on interactive programs. In 2 weeks I have done more then if I would have attempted to read the text book for
months. How does this relate. First those who forget the past history
are doomed to repeat it. I mentioned the Babylonians; some say they had the
0. But that knowledge was lost to history. Conquers seam not to care about
the technical accomplishments of destroyed civilizations. Thanks to James burke in that series I was able to understand
the road map; step one start with shelter, two a continuous food supply,
three a longer term threat assessment of the surroundings. Each step is a
building process of understanding. One immediate need, then the next few minutes needs, hours,
days, weeks, months, years. Each sequence of time needs to have at least some
kind of understanding of how to achieve personal goals. One can not live going from stressful situation to stressful
situation and live that long. So what I was referring to was seeking out the past to figure
out how to go about putting oneself foreward into
the world. I know I need interaction to learn. I know that at the base of
every civilization are codes of conduct. The trick is to figure out what your needs are, how to interact
with learning. So when it comes time for you to apply yourself to the environment
in which you live you can develop an accurate to yourself and workable to
those around you plan for giving what they need and receiving what you need. I am starting to assume how to build a good plan, or in some
cases better plan is the point to this class. Learning independently is
great, but the world is not just you alone. In business a “work group” has
become a standard item. Many working together can accomplish more then one working alone. Now that one working alone (depending on how hard each person
works) may be able to accomplish more then a dozen
groups working on different aspects of one whole thing. But that also depends
on the force of will of the weakest member. In the reading we have been
introduced to the fact in a work group, it is possible and likely the
productivity can decrease and stop due to internal politics. But a well oiled
group can (put a man on the moon from a dead stop in side of 7 years) achieve
anything they set their minds to. 13b Mike, I must add in an apology. As anyone who reads my posts
will soon pick up, I am either an idiot or I am holding back a great deal.
The answer is I am holding back a great deal. My wife and I have a code word for it. “the briar patch”,
because once I start communicating about subjects I am truly passionate
about. One minute becomes a month of hay this stuff is really interesting. I
could talk about ancient cultures for years and not repeat myself. But I am
here to get a IT degree. I am here to learn how to budget my time most effectively. I need to not talk much about what I learned non academically
because at this point that subject is like a drug. It will just suck me in,
and I end up talking to people who are interested but do not want to know the
exact gps location of any given item in ancient
history. Or how ancient technology can improve out
lives. Time and place, time and place, time and place. This is not the time,
this is not the class. I do not have the discipline yet to hold myself back
from proper amounts of time spent. One of the things I am most desperate to learn from this class
is how to manage my time most effectively. I have talked a tiny bit about
other issues. But I start talking about some stuff and I sentence becomes
1000 words, becomes 10,000 words. I have to figure out to how interact with
appropriate people at appropriate times. Most importantly I have to figure
out (fortunately with this class and the work group concept) how to learn how
to interact with others in a mutually beneficial way. The biggest complaint I have heard is I have a tendency with the
people I have chatted with is they have felt I am being condescending to them
with what I tell them. I have to figure out how to eye dropper what I say
till I am around people who want the dump truck. And not be the first to say
“hay guess what, look what I just found” (3 hours later, they are politely
ready to strangle me). Sitting back and allowing others to not only talk but
chat about other topics is very important for group dynamics. Let me be absolutely clear. Just because Aramaic is a cuneiform
language and existed 200 years before Hebrew; is an absolutely interesting
thing to say. But that one sentence is nice but out of place in this class.
If I go on for 10,000 words (which is what I used to do years ago.) that
would be bad. I can say all kinds of things, but time and place. In this case
everything past just that one sentence is inappropriate. 14 You wrote. <It’s funny that you mentioned to me that you never know
what you are capable of until you are put in the situation. I began to think
about that a little bit and my life at this point in time defines that. A few
years ago I visited Arizona for the first time. Before that the farthest east
I had been was Pittsburgh. Here I am 3 years later living in AZ and in the
process buying my first home here. If you were to ask me 5 years ago what I
would be doing now AZ would not be something I ever would have thought of.
And during the process of my fiancee and myself
getting here had a lot of putting myself in the right place at the right time
to take advantage of opportunities. One of the things you might need to consider (the other side,
and my point.) Things happen according to some very interesting rules of
motion. 15 (not done) My
long term goals are the become better at college study skills. Learn math, 16 I
am attending uop because to achieve a very long
term plan I have to have a degree. As most can tell I have unusual knowledge.
To write papers and to work in the scientific field requires a degree. I
reference a tv show “bones” where three of the
characters were talking. Two PhD’s and one post grade but under PhD
characters. The non PhD attempted to force his way into the conversation.
Both the PhD’s told him to be in that conversation required a PhD. “Until you
have finished your PhD please keep your opinion to yourself.”. The
more radical a theory the higher the degree the person has to hold. But
I am also here at uop because when I was in high
school I could not have cared less about school and graduated by the skin of
my teeth. So I know I am not capable of dealing with the riggers
of starting to introduce some of my ideas in any class room. So one other
major thing I am learning is to understand how to keep my mouth shut.
Engaging in what the subject of the class is about without attempting to
“take over” and direct the class to areas of other interests. Every day I am
learning the discipline to do just that. 17 Our
culture is extremely polite, almost boarders on lying. I say this because I
have been chastised strongly by a dozen people who said not one word to me
but used disapproving looks, or the amount of time they spent with me
suddenly decreased or become non existent. Just
because someone might not say anything is not a good barometer-bench mark for
measuring how effective your written or verbal communication skills are. 18 On
weekly DQs, I have just finished 24 credit hours from Axia.
You and I are in the same boat on that. I love the instant feedback. But
found the students who were only their to meet the
70 word requirements annoying beyond belief. In
my last class about 5 of us liked to chat. So we chatted with
out paying attention to the minimum requirements. I know I posted more
then 60 pages in just dqs
alone. Others posted not as much but close. It was a science class, so we
chatted about science issues. I love as Dr. Oppy
put it “open discussion” the amount of incredible ideas which come from that
forum can not be measured. (please tell me who
understands who Dr. Oppy was) 15 I
had an idea about that a while ago. Instead of training our felons to be
weightlifters, I thought about having them be put on motion machines.
Generate power while they are working out. Kind of like "Conan; the
Barbarian" as a kid. How
does this effect our class room what we need to be
learning. We all have ideas as to what can be improved in life. The primary
reason for his class (I think) is to teach us communication skills so we can
take ideas and start to figure out how to apply those ideas to the business
world. Forgoing the fear of being or looking stupid to take an idea from
thought, through blue print, to physical reality. Looking
stupid is countered by the fact we all will look or say something stupid.
That is a given, but we are all learning together. How can we improve if all
of what we do or say is perfect? No reason to be in college if we come from a
pov of perfection. Do your best, fix with the oops
happen, help others when they make mistakes, accept when an oops is spotted
and other attempt to help. 16 It's funny that you mentioned to me that you never know what
you are capable of until you are put in the situation. I began to think about
that a little bit and my life at this point in time defines that. A few years
ago I visited Arizona for the first time. Before that the farthest east I had
been was Pittsburgh. Here I am 3 years later living in AZ and in the process
buying my first home here. If you were to ask me 5 years ago what I would be
doing now AZ would not be something I ever would have thought of. And during
the process of my fiancee and myself getting here
had a lot of putting myself in the right place at the right time to take
advantage of opportunities. 17 The
greatest rule of thumb to follow in this life is to understand the Y in the
road lesson. A person who understands themselves will understand what fork
they will take miles before they get to the fork. When we get to the fork;
what direct we go in is, 95% of the time, already internally decided upon.
Understanding why is the entire lesson. Most spend their entire lives not
realizing they just walked past a fork. Academics is all about teaching one
to understand the fork. 2008 9 23 What major obstacles (such as personal, professional,
academic) will you need to overcome in order to be successful in school? What
are some ways you might work around these challenges? 2008 9 28 o
I don't understand what I'm
learning. Being I am fresh
transfer from Axia, I have 8 solid months of online
college experience. But as to the group dynamic thing, I do not understand it
yet. The course
syllabus is decidedly different as well. At Axia,
the course syllabus was well laid out. Here; not so much. Mondays assignment
“scavenger hunt” I have mostly unsure almost completely as to what to do with
it. Fortunately I know how to write a paper with some degree of accuracy. But
as to how to do the scavenger hunt, I have not learned that yet. o
I'm not a person who can
understand this subject. I like the phrase
I have heard several times. I do one thing, I do that one thing as well as I
can, then I move on to the next thing. One can learn anything if they apply
themselves to it. o
I'm don't know how to learn this
effectively. First thing to
do, learn how you learn first, then apply the knowledge to yourself. My first
week out of Axia I emerced
myself in algebra 208 book. Did not get very far. I found the uop math excellence section. I have in the last 2 weeks
pulled myself nicely up to just below algebra level. 2 weeks ago if someone
would have asked me what A= .5 * b * h was. I could not have answered. Now I
can. Figure out how you learn first. o
I won't remember what I'm
learning. Repetition
combined with have to remember Pavlov. 3 months of constant discipline will
ingrain the activity into you. o
I feel ashamed that I don't know
something. At the base of ashame is fear of ignorance. Embrace ignorance. For it is
only through the process of acceptance of ignorance that the proper level of
education can be applied. Without ignorance how would we know what we need to
learn next. o
There's too much to learn. If we humans would look at the volume we eat over the course of
say 3 years. The amount would look staggering. “I could never eat that much”,
yes that is true, you can not eat that much in one
sitting. But you will eat that much over the course of three years. One small
mouthful at a time. 2008 10 1 Thanks Shawn for your comments. While reading your summary, I
was stuck by the directness and simplicity of your statements. Given you had
written several posts earlier in the week posing question about how you might
minimize your online experience while questioning any tendency to
pontificate, I think you are on target with your summary. I might have made a mistake in communication. Every academic
assignment I do I always have to hold back 90% of what I am actually
thinking. Sometimes I will write entire papers on the notes and ideas I come
up with which are inappropriate for class. I am here because I want to get myself
ready to enter the academic realm at a professional level, but I lack so many
of the skills, discipline, and knowledge I would simply be out of place. I
have to build myself up. Backtracking to pick up the skills I refused to
learn before.
I ask for anything you want to tell me. It usually took me about
3 months to figure out what a teacher needed from me. At Axia
I had it down to about 3 to 5 weeks. But here if I do not have figured out
what you want from me by the end of this week I am sunk. So I am 110% open to
any suggestions or guidance you offer. Your class your rules, I am here to learn, not question. With
absolutely no insult intended at all.
I can easily comply with 70-300 word length. I will just do the
other part of your suggestion and take my 1000 word long post and make it 5
posts. If I am overwhelming, I apologize. I just ask one small thing to my
fellow students. I left out about 3000 words, the 300 battle was much more
complicated then what I wrote. The cartridges in the civil war were also
strongly and decades long more complicated. I left out my references to the
tank, which also took decades for it to be accepted and wide spread use on
the battlefield. My next post in that same line is about how we as academics
and future technical people will have to deal with the facts of an idea might
be “greater then sliced bread” but implementation of that idea sometimes is
harder then anything imaginable.
You are not the first to comment on my wordiness. I will do my
best to maintain 70-300 word count DQ posts.
Thank you.
Any input from a teacher is always helpful. But your was
especially helpful in understanding the dynamics of this class. 2008 10 1 W2q1 To find the assignments;
What have you learned
from completing the "Multiple Pathways to Learning Assessment "and
the "Personality Spectrum" exercises? 1 The
first thing I have learned is I am rather severely dyslexic but have learned
so many coping skills it only really shows when I am having a really bad day,
extremely tired, or incredibly frustrated. But
it also shows I am balanced with my thinking. Depending on a wide variety of
subjects I can be coldly analytical and wildly creative. All depends on my
mood and the events in my surroundings. From
my family back ground, I almost did not have a choice as to the areas in
which I have skills. My problem has never been lack of talent and skill in
many areas. My problem has always been attempting to do harness several
aspects of myself into a commun goal. When
a person in born with talents and skills they are either extreme
overachievers or they attempt to hide their talent behind escape techniques.
I choose the overachieve route. Which for me usually previous to college was
I did a lot of “ I can figure it out, why do I need instructions?” which is
not all that untypical of the male portion of society. The problem is I could
usually do a fair job at figuring at least a portion of it out. The
list of programs I learned how to interact with simply by trial and error is
a couple dozen. I had a little bit of help with adobe photoshop
6, but 7 was all me. Two years ago I filmed a family gathering. Before I
edited the family gathering footage, I decided to take on a video production
and filmed an entire 2 hour “how to” video. That took me some 3 months,
(physical limitations, with out the physical stuff
I would have done the entire thing inside of 3 weeks). I took the knowledge
from my video and edited the family gathering. From the 6 people who saw the
film they were all overwhelmed impressed. But
my problem is, I did not spent one minute in class learning how to do any of
it. Late in junior high I choose to ignore as much about western culture as I
could. But now at 37 those ignorant gaps have caught up to me and I am now
struggling to fill in the dike of ignorance as fast as I can. Yes some good
came from my 18 years of non academic research but the price was staggering
on me and everyone around me. What
my profile shows is talent without discipline will get you into the door, but
will soon get you thrown out on your butt. Talent with out
discipline is exactly like a muzzle loaded gun with no ability to calculate
for how much powered is in the barrel. It might puff and fizzle, be a perfect
load, or might blow the breach into your face. With out
the discipline of the solid academics behind research; A and C happening is
almost a statistical certainty to happen every time. Even if A and C only happen
once out of ever 10 times your credibility and
trust are blown. That
is what I learned from the tests, I scored in the highly developed in 5 areas
and the other 3 in moderately developed. But with no discipline or structure
all the talent in the world will buy you a lot of great ideas but little to
no follow through. I
am reminded of Leonardo Da Vinci, hundreds of pages
of research. Scientific discoveries 500 years before his time. But he never
published; he did art and made fantastic items for his patrons. But never
published, never followed through. He could paint a masterpiece leaving not
one single brush stroke, but never had the discipline to allow science
accesses to his theories. Some might argue he would have been killed by the
Inquisition, but the Medici family was stronger then
the Vatican. He could have published. He could have published in France the
inquisition had during those decades little power. In Venice the inquisition
had only a sparse power hold. So the excuse of him not publishing for fear
was semi justified but was more fear and procrastination. If his notebooks
had not of survived he would have gone down in history as a masterful painter
and resident genius but nothing more. Several or his notebooks did not
survive. What
the pathways shows me, just how much I have to learn. I have to temper my
talent with as much discipline to carry forward my ideas. Talent is like gun
powder, chaotic explosion, what makes gun powder so powerful and impressive
is not the chaos but the discipline in the barrel which makes the projectile
achieve goals. Discipline needs to be strong enough to hold the chaotic
energy of thought, ideas, invention, and creativity. 2 I
took a remarkably similar test in gen 105 class at Axia.
I am shocked at how much my answers changed and how much clarity only 9 solid
months of school has delivered. My discipline for one thing has shown the
most improvement of any of the items I have picked up from my academic time.
I can not call only 9 months an academic career,
When I am closer to my bachelors I can start thinking I have a chance at an
academic career. This
test just illustrates ever stronger just how badly I need to back fill in my
education. What I mean by back filling; I have ideas which after many years
of application with little to no success those ideas simply stopped. I tried
a great deal of effort and work into those ideas but with no structure; an
idea is just so much open black powder. Looks great, nice bright flash, loud
bang, but nothing but a lot of nasty smoke and a burn mark where it ignited.
Nothing more then some crowd pleasing effects. But
nothing real actually happened. Same with an undisciplined idea; I came up
with a great idea in my last class but have been able to do absolutely
nothing with it since I turned in my final. Because I lack the discipline and
time to write the paper correctly. So I say; I am having to hold back a lot
of ideas like a kid with his thumb in a dike. Till I can get some solid
education under my belt; the amount of stuff I have to hold back makes the
journey hard, but rewarding in the end. This
class has already had a major effect on me. I had no idea till I did those
test just how far I had come. It was not till I looked at my Jan 3, 2008 test
and side by side that I realized just how far I had come. But more
importantly; just how far I need to go to achieve what I want to. The
more I read in this book the more I realize I am so not ready for the next
step. The really nice thing about this book is where the gen 105 book left
major holes in understanding. This book is more then
making up for it. I am starting to get a very keen idea of how to start a
work group. See normally I would have tried to hit the ground running and get
my follow students in that work group up and at work. My concept is; the more
time you have to edit the better. But I see very (uncomfortably) clearly just
how bad I was in attempting to work with people before. I always took it
personal when the project took a back seat to the politics of interpersonal
stuff. I always became very angry when some one
would sit and endlessly complain about how hard they worked, or worse how
much of a burden they were taking on working on “X” project. When in truth
all they did was sit around watch others work and complain about how much
they were doing, and no one else was lifting a finger. They would see my weakness
for the project and use it against me. Even breathing in their general
direction would be taken as an insult and they needed to express just how
much they worked sacrificed and did for the project and I did nothing. I
would get angry and attempt to defend when all that did was play into their
hands. Never attempt to talk to someone who is attempting to make a power
play. They need the argument to make their position. I
am still attempting to figure out how to incorporate the lessons. But I need
to do some thinking about that. Please discuss what you
learned from completing these assessments, along with ways you might apply
that knowledge to your study and work practices. 3 I
am still overwhelmed by the ideas of discipline. How the support structures
for something is what in truth make any given thing happen. Like
most in this culture the flashy stuff is what has always drawn my attention,
but in truth the flashy stuff has to have a very hard complicated infrastructure
behind it to make it work. I
am reminded of the 300. Without a society dedicated to making everyone a
“special forces” 300 could never have taken on 1,000,000 battle hardened
standing army. A couple dozen support infrastructure items had to be in place
to make that battle the success it was. First the Spartan civilization, then
the Greek way of life, then the Persians, then at the battle itself the navy
did an equally heroic action by keeping the huge support troops at bay, not
to mention the 1500 support Greeks their. The 1500
support troops were essential for allowing the hopite
army to do their battle tactic. Drawing the bodies away, repairing spears,
retrieving weapons, water runs, etc. With out the
1500 the 300 could never have accomplished those goals. Academic
is the support structure for our future careers. We might be great people,
brilliant ideas, talent beyond measure, patents waiting for us to think up.
But without the proper knowledge of how to formulate those ideas into written
structure, they are just so much electrical connections. This class offers us
to opportunity to figure out who we are, how we tick, how we learn, ways in
which to express our ideas, and most importantly how to put those ideas into
a shape-form so others can understand and do their portion of the ideas-plan.
I
am reminded of the hudsucker proxy (again I use
movie references to convey complicated ideas in one sentence) when “Hudsucker” had an idea and drew it down becoming the hoopahoop. The exact same drawing was used by the doorman
as an illustration of the straw. Without form an idea is nothing. This class
will teach us form. To take a drawing which could be anything and make it
into something. (with utmost respect to Paul Newman, may he rest in piece. Knowing how much honorable greatness he brought to
the world) 2008
10 9 W2q2 Please post a 150-200-word response to
the following discussion question by clicking on Reply. (When ready to post, please alter the
subject by inserting your name. EX: Week 2 DQ 1: Personal Assessments.Arnold). What are the most difficult parts of the
writing process for you? How can you use the lessons located in Chapter 8,
"Effective Writing," in the text Keys to College Studying to help
you as you work on the essay assignment due at the end of this course? 1 Logistics, Logistics, Logistics was the one key word to describe
the first 10 pages of the reading. I have not been in the military (I would have joined in a second
if any of the branches would have allowed me to) but I have some knowledge of
the military. I am reminded of how complicated battles are. I referenced the 300 aka the battle of Battle of Thermopylae,
was one of the best shining examples of the logistics have been lost to the
flash, pomp, pageantry, and political one-ups-man-ship of the Western
culture. The logistics of the number of soldiers the Persians brought with
them is the first of the major issues. The number of troops can be directly correlated
with technical writing because the official record shows only 20,000 to maybe
as many as 120,000 “regular” Persian troops took part in the battle. In
writing a paper you have to follow a couple dozen highly complicated rules of
“exactly who will read this paper”, in some cases writing a dozen or more
reports is a requirement. A master document packed with details. Then there
are the small, short, highly specialized papers written for either key
people-disciplines to read and or levels of expertise. In major battles the
“mercenaries” are never counted. As I understand it the first entire
day and a half all the troops that were killed by the Spartans were mercenaries-slaves-drafted
into the Persian army from conquered cultures on the eastern side of the Middle
East. They were sent in first not because the Persian king wanted them to do
the battle but because he knew they would be cut down where they stood. A
bronze sword v wicker shielding stands not a single minute of chance. He was
testing the defenses. Which is why those “test” troops are never counted.
Plus if he destroyed that cultures army that army could not rise up and
depose him after he won or lost against the Greeks. Solves three goals in one
shot; tests the defenses, removes a threat, and the most important you do not
have to pay the dead. As “Longshanks” clearly put
it. In business some business people could not care less about the technical
aspects of anything, all they care about is what are the start up costs and
when will they get their money back. With that crowd the only way to go about
making sure the paper does not bore them is to keep the reasons for the
investment to the absolute bare minimum. You do not want to leave it out
because the first question will be “ok why am I giving you money”. So a
sentence or two about why is needed. But nothing more then
a paragraph, a couple sentences in the intro. A sentence in the body, and a
sentence or two in the wrap up. 2 For the technology people they could
not care less about the money parts or the reasons why. One sentence to them
about why is sufficient, they care about the technology. They care about what
the “flugalbinder” is, what it will be made out of,
how will is be manufactured, and a million other
details about the science of it. So that would be 2 smaller papers. Then of
course there is the john and jane q public paper or
PP which covers the heart of why this is an absolutely needed thing to do.
Convincing the masses to back a project is a paper to ignore the money and
the technical stuff is almost a waist of time. I
say almost a waist of time because you have to use
the same paragraph of technology with the public paper as you do with the
business people. Logistics, which needs are input at
that time, how to get the =X product to the A location at the appropriate
time. How to follow up with product =Y at the appropriate time after. Then of
course there is the =Z product. Being committed to write a dozen papers for
each sub group becomes the definition of frustrating. Plus you have to come
from a non bias’s pov with the all of them.
Rhetoric and fallacy sentences will only turn your audience off. If you are able to get an idea into a
paper form, and you present and =X paper, they are interested and want
further. You have to be ready with the other papers instantly. If you say ok
let me write it first aka “give me a minute, I can send that over to you
tomorrow” you have lost credibility because they will know you only wrote
that one paper and you have no “(backup troops)”. You can only go forward if
you have all of papers written and ready to go before you send the first one
out. An army is a very formidable thing,
but if there are no replacements on their way. The attacking army knows all
they have to do is pick off enough platoons and the rest will retreat. With
no one covering your back increases the likely hood of desertion. In business
until you have a solid reputation for quality ideas, good papers, and well
rounded business plan. After you send that paper off to who
ever, they ask, you have to immediately deliver. Especially in the
cyber age. They want more information they want it my email sent at 186,000
mps. Your email best have the time they asked for it time stamp and the
server was slow. 4 I thought of a better example of warfare logistics and academic
papers. In the civil war the cartridge was invented. The army quarter
master refused to accept the new technology because he could not conceive of
how to supply the union army with guns of differing caliber, ammunition which
has to match perfectly the caliber of the gun, the replacement parts for both
the ammunition and the guns, and lastly the technicians needed to service the
equipment. He refused to address it and gave at least a semi-advantage to the
south for a short time. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartridge_(firearms)#History
under history fifth paragraph) His thoughts were “what is wrong with firing 3 shots a minute”
seams fine to me. When the technology of the cartridge could have made the
entire union army amount of ammunition shot at the enemy increase by a
factor. 3 Same parallel in today’s academic-technology business world. One
paper will not do, each audience needs their own paper. Each level of
education needs their own paper. Each specialized section needs their own
paper. How quickly can information be passed around is essential in today’s
business communities. I am not brining this up to be derogatory toward my the faculty of UoP but I had
one class a few months ago were the instructor demanded everything in outline
format. All descriptions had to be word: definition 2 to 5 sentences. That is
the format she insisted on that unless her students wrote that way they were
graded down. The very next class the instructor demanded essays for every
answer. Never use the outline format in any academic paper, was one comment
back. Bullets were her worst pet peeve, she hated bullets more then she hated
outline format. So in those two examples Markets are almost absolutely finicky
as to how they want their information presented. 5 Today there is a growing trend to put together a web site, with
privacy password protects in many areas. So the information of a specific
paper does not have to be printed out, or sent by email all available
information is online and easy to access. Part of the instructions from one
final I added building a web site with all the various papers linked from the
index.html page so no matter who you are or what format you need the
information it is all a single click away. If you want to read all aspects of
the project, a master link from with a table of contents presenting all the
papers in some kind of a logical sequence is also available. This way
questions, comments, concerns, and instant feedback from everyone involved
can be created. Built the web site as an interactive feedback platform. So
questions or comments can be added to each specific section. Sometimes
feedback can act as a greater buffer from questions and answers the author
never thought of answering. Those questions and comments can aid a new reader
in understanding aspects of the idea you are attempting to convey better they
the original paper can. 6 In academics the people involved also need to be ego stroked. I
have had thousands of hours of chats with my father; he never asks questions
unless he is certain he knows at least 70 % of the answer. Making your piers feel stupid is never a good idea. Papers have
to be written with making them feel smart at the same time presenting your
ideas. It is a difficult balance. 5 (response to a fellow class mate) Naturalistic is about being comfortable in ones surroundings.
Since we are at all times except (with exception of computers interactions)
interacting with the natural world. This test is showing us how we fit into
the eco systems of our lives. So to improve in this area, figure out what about your
environment-ecosystem you are not comfortable with. To solve any problem in
these areas, get down into what we do not know or do not understand about
ourselves. In that search indicates why we have issues in areas we had no
idea of. Knee jerk reactions are something which must be explored in order to
understand why we do what we do. 6 <There are innumerable ways for people who are talented to
interact with their worlds. Overachieving is one possible reaction, and
hiding might be another. More importantly is the description of reality one
creates for themselves. Given you brought up the two possible avenues,
perhaps there is more to explore. For example what would you say to yourself
(it is not necessary to respond to this forum) if the alternative was true (i. e. what is there to hide)? You asked (if the alternative was true (i.
e. what is there to hide)?) There are also innumerable ways in which I could respond. I will
keep my response to the class as on topic to the subject of this class as I
can. Right now America we are in the definition of a unique to all
writing history place. We can pull together and as a nation and a world and
pull the western world back from the brink of annihilation by this economic
trillion $ bail out (work groups, people from diverse backgrounds learning
how to work together). Or we could allow the ball the keep rolling and go
into a 1000 year dark ages. The third in recorded history. Or we can pull
together and be able to carry forward into the space age. The choice is
entirely ours. Some might not see the big picture but all it takes is
comparing now to any point in history when the large companies could not make
their pay rolls. There is a lot of information which is the definition of dangerous.
I can think of at least a thousand points in ancient history that if the
commune western person knew about those points; it would change the way
Americans view themselves and the world. Commune little details can change
everything. I make another reference to why is some things really important
to hide. Does anyone know the one minor little item that make the entire
industrial revolution possible? A pressure differential value, aka whirly
gig. No James Watt whirly gig, no effective steam engine, no factor, no
industrialization, no modern way of life. The Romans had the steam engine,
the industrial revolution could have started under the oppressive
dictatorship of the roman empire. 6b I attempted to put in the Whirly gig reference. James Watt only
added one small component to a machine what has been around for thousands of
years. He made it work efficiently. The talented have to find a way to work with those around them
in a cooperative way in order to achieve the goals necessary. No matter what
the goal is, and what forces drives the opposing forces together or apart.
One thing I learned about when reading about group dynamics is; only a small
portion of the energy needed for a functioning work group goes into the
project itself. Most of the energy goes into the gears of the people
involved. It takes a lot of energy to make a successful cooperative. Each of my references was an example of both how a group can
work together and achieve or dissolve and destroy. 7 8 You might also consider how else talented people deal with their
environments. How did Da Vinci deal with his? Was
he cast into only two courses that resulted in overachieving or withdrawal? Part 1 One of the problems extremely talented people have to deal with
is the trap of the stress relievers needed to distract the mind from the
talent. I reference Robert Downey Jr, an over
the top talented man. Who attempting to deal with his extreme talent was
sucked into his stress reliever. That sucked into their stress reliever is
what traps the greatest of a culture into depravity and death. Archimedes was killed when he refused to obey a roman
solder. His obsessions with work prevented him from understanding just how
“mortally dangerous” the situation was. The truly talented be them artists, thinkers, or those that do (politicians)
are more often then not seen as incredibly
frightening by the people around them. However the same can
not be said for those gifted with physical abilities. I.E. those that
can do incredible things with their bodies; Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Farigno, David Blaine, Lone Chaney, Houdini,
etc. They did not scare people with what they could do, but thinkers
routinely scare the masses so much several major industries have been created
from that fear. Society does not deal with out in left field thinkers well. Dr
Frankenstein is a fictional account from the gothic era in the same line as
Don Quixote. Snorri Sterlison
had to change the German folk tails so the
inquisition would not burn him at the stake.
9 ((((((((Not sent: never will be sent. No history))) Talents dealing with environments Part 2 Out of left field is a commune expression but it refers to an
actual thing. Out in left field http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_fielder
bottom “Out of Left Field” were the mental institution was. Is a commune
express from the masses as to some of the stuff which comes from thinkers.
The PC was given that label till the masses figured out how great a tool it
was. But the masses have to be informed very quickly just how much better
their lives will be with the item “out of left field”. The balance which all academics have to face is the struggle
with; the more educated the harder it will be for the masses to accspet you. Part 3 Leonardo
dealing with talent v stress relief this is a tough one, it has taken me 3 entire posts before this
to get their. )))) 10 Why would I take it personal? A question is a question. I have
read the reading, it just takes me a bit of time to digest what I have read.
I also must apologize, sometimes I get in a hurry and do not triple check my
posts for sufficient writing levels. I scored Thinker 30 Organizer 31 Giver 29 Adventurer 32 Body kinesthetic middle Visual spatial high Verbal linguistic high Logical mathematician high Musical middle
Interpersonal high Intrapersonal middle
Naturalistic high I was immediately embarrassed by how high my scores are. So I
attempted to cover my embarrassment by talking about how difficult items in
the past were. I have interests in so many areas I find it almost impossible
to focus on just one thing at a time. 11 (I find your statements very
interesting. ) Thank you. I want to say something. I
do not lie or deceive. If I do not want to answer, I will say “I do not want
to answer that”. This is academia, no reason to screw around. We are paying
to be here, no reason at all to play games. (I read all your statements in
relating to your personal assessment, and still at this point don't
know where you scored and what environments that you function the best.
) I function best in a very quiet
place. I can function in just about any environment you can put me in. but I
usually hate places that are not calm and relaxed. I will function great for
short periods of time anywhere. But at home I require silence most of the
time. I calm down or let my mind relax with watching tv
or movies. The movies are always something of education, tv
I watch either documentaries or something I can learn from. Even when I am
trying to relax I watch something interesting. (I truly want to know so I might
understand your thinking. ) I can say one thing as an absolute
fact. Domini Patri Et fili
et spiritus sancti
Good Luck. My mind is a very complicated place. My thinking is even more
complicated. If you want to understand me, great. But you are asking for
information you might not want. 12 (Tell me how the exercise went for
you and what you learned from it, ) My mind is still processing the
lessons. Although after rereading chapter one today; I can tell you that I do
not have a regular schedule. I also do not categorize myself according to a
continuity scale. I do what I need to, but rarely plan myself more then a few days ahead of time. I have reasons I can not do those kind of schedules. I follow the class
schedule, do the reading when I need to. Always have to read-listen to the
same chapter a few times before it sinks in. I usually organize pictures
while I am reading. My mind either wanders when I am attempting to actual reed
or “other stuff happens”. So I listen, using text aloud. If I do not keep my
active mind focused on moving images then I start thinking about non uop stuff. So I look at Boris or some other artist and
listen. I just absorb information till my brain makes sense of it. I learn
programs the same way, I play around a program, sometimes for months. An hour
a week or so. Not more then 5 hours in a week. Then
at some point I just understand something and can operate the program is if I
read the manual. You deserve to be answered. So I will
do my best to answer. It all depends on the day I am having
as to what I do. In general I spend 95% of my time studying. My job is
school. I am desperately trying to catch-up. If I am having a good day I work
on math for 3 hours, then I read for about 4 hours, then I work on writing
the next assignment. If I am not having a good day, then everything is broken
into 15 minute segments. I have to rest a lot between each 15 minute
segments. Most of my days are half way between good and bad. So I work till I
have to take a break. It sucks but that is what I have to do. It is very hard
to make a schedule out of completely arbitrary stamina. So I do that day what
is absolutely the most important. I do an hour or so work in the weeks
assignments as well. It all depends on what is going on that hour. At least
one hour a week for the first 2 weeks on the final projects. So my mind can
start simmering on what I want to do with them. Next week I will start in on
the first draft of the final papers. I do not write notes I just go straight
in. My notes come out as sentences. (If you had problems finding the work
materials I would be glad to assist you any way possible. ) I am a boundaries nut. So I can think
of an unending amount of meanings behind what you are offering. So be
specific, if you would be so kind please. I just put information into my head
till my mind does that click; then the subject just makes sense. But till the
click, the learning process is difficult. How can you help me, absolutely no
idea. I have no idea what your strengths are. I take no offence at most things in
academia. There is little way at this point you could insult me. You do not
know enough about me to insult me on something I would take personal. (Cause quite honestly it has been
frustrating to read your statements, ) I am sure it has been. The
information about this weeks assignments have not
clicked yet. I attempted to write appropriate responses using history as a
template for what I was attempting to say. But obviously my attempt to
clarity only muddied the waters. (I know that your an incredibly smart
individual by your writings, ) (but it seems as that you hadn't read
or did the work assignment. ) My mind is a very hard place. I can
only apologize and attempt to stretch till my mind straightens out what I
read into logic and understanding. (Being of
your intelligence it would be interesting to me knowing how your
scored. ) (I am very analytical and straight to
the point person. ) I prefer your approach. Knowing
exactly where we stand with each other is the way I like to operate. (Please again don't take this wrong I
truly want to know how you scored.) 13 <Your recounts of historical persons is interesting, I thank you about the history. But I was attempting to do
something which was obviously not the point to this class. Personal
reflections; is what I left out. I learned that tests such as these embarrass
me. I learned that I have had to virtually invent my study,
learning, memorizing, and all other academic pursuits’ ways of doing things. The
only tangible formula I have for success is the items I have put down on
paper from the way I learn. I have been putting the strangest stuff down on
paper since I was little. I have also been in conversations which have had
impact. What those impacts are is absolutely off topic in this class. That is
the only measurement I have about whether or not how I process information is
a good way or not. But I have more reading to do. I like coming up with good ideas, but examining how I came up
with the idea is a very difficult thing for me to do. 14 You noted:
15 (tomorrow) Newton. Being an extremely opinionated person. Most of those tips are
not needed for me. I grew up in a family of silent people. To find out what
was going on I had to learn how to communicate-interrogate effectively. This
skill has worked well convaying ideas in school.
Except in the last 2 weeks; So I can usually quickly think of something to
say. My problem is keeping on task, keeping on subject, not deveating to similar but irrelavent
detail. In my first class the teacher had to constantly remind me this
is a technical writing course. The flowery writing style is not apa. Flowery might work great in 1850s London but now in
the modern technical world. 14 (Saturday) I am thinking about attempting to make a calendar again. A day
to day in word calendar, with a header of these are the tasks you need to
work on today. Do them in what ever order you need,
not to mention if you need to break a task into a hundred 10 minute sections
per day. That is what you do. The last times I tried, keeping track of my
actions and what was written proved to be an annoying stamina taker. I can
keep what I need straight in my head. Keeping up with the paperwork = with
what I am doing; I just do not have that much stamina. 15 Logistics: combining the skills of different areas into a
single direction. In this case the skills of giver, organizer, adventurer,
and thinker into a one given directed goal. Each person has some quantifiable
skill in each of the four areas. Each team member is stronger in one
particular skill. (skill: education to apply a talent). Logistics with each
person being a gear in the machine towards this class’s team projects. Gagliardi Gary
, (1997-2008). The Science of Strategy Institute. Science of Strategy Institute. Retrieved October 5, 2008, from http://www.suntzus.com/?gclid=CL-6mePVkZYCFQZeswodH0XQDw
16 Part 1: Given the demands of the respective faculty, how can
you interpret those writing instructions (both outline and essay) as
limiting? It
is limiting because as each student has to figure out what each teacher
wants. Sometimes what a teacher thinks is absolutely clear communication;
does not mean it translates to the student. In the work force, the same hold
true. Just because a boss thinks they are communicating effectively does not
mean they are. The team dynamic reading is a prime example. The boss attends
a “team building” conference. When that boss comes back what they think they
understood and how they implemented the idea over the course of 18 months is
vastly different. They are great instructions because one small correction note
gives a road map of how that person in charge wants information presented to
them. A paper with just the linear facts presented using the outline tool or
a bit of a story in an essay format. Each format tells the person a key stone
as to how the boss needs to be interacted with. That interaction sets the
stage for all future interactions. 17 This week has been a very enlightening week. I have learned just how vitally important Beaurocratic
paperwork is. I have attempted to use a hundred keeping track of my tasks
formats. All have failed (for a wide variety of reasons). But this week due
in part to the reading, and in part to the lessons from the team dynamic, I
thought up a new way to track my work. It has proven to be very successfully
in just 4 days working with it.
I have learned in my direct past I have had similar encounters
with “team” dynamics. Both in my team and watching the dynamics in the other
teams. I have seen the numerous mistakes from the past and am doing my utmost
to not repeat what I did wrong in the past. With the reading I was able to
see several places where I did not understand what was going on before. Now I
see it. I already stopped myself from making about 4 major mistakes with me
own team. Thanks to both the DQs and the reading. Summary This
week has been a very enlightening week. I have had classes before where long
detailed chats worked well. But I learned this class long and detailed posts
are almost absolutely inappropriate. The
students in gen 300 class mostly have a great deal more college experience
then I bring. Which I find refreshing in regards to every academic
environment is different. Those differences offer a wealth of information as
to what we as students can expect as we chart our professional lives as well
as out academic life. No matter what the personal course is, the wealth of
knowledge from each person has been a wonderful experience to learn from in
just 2 weeks. I
have also through the reading about team dynamics learned just how important
being able to just technically write is. Just the facts, just the facts,
mantra has started in my head every time I sit down to write either a dq or an assignment. Each
post I read was a fascinating look at just why I am at this educational
institute and what I can truly learn from each and every person here. Both
individually and how team dynamics work. 2008 10 14 W3q1 What are some of the ways you can judge the validity and/or
appropriateness of a particular Web site as a source for an assignment? Visit
the following Web sites before posting your reply: 1 How valid are the references on the site. All authors have to
reword a fact or a string of facts into their own words. But that “into your
own words” can twist the facts away from truth. A web site has to have
multi-source verifiable supporting documentation. As CNN reports all the
time, “We can not independently confirm that has
been reported to us”. That is the
problem with the validity of a web site. How is it possible to make sure the
information listed is based on hard verifiable facts? Using some kind of academically verifiable resource so the
information being pointed to as factual has to be in some way check up able. I use Wikipedia all the time in my first step in researching. I
do not use it as my main source because several times I have found
uncorroborated opinion presented as fact. But I was able to start with
Wikipedia then used both Wikipedia’s references and further key word searches
to find credible reference sites. 2 One of the problems I have encountered
in researching is not the personal bias’s toward the subject being talked
about but the sociological bias’s. When reading, listening, watching, and or
communicating information on any specific subject. I have always found the
base of the information being presented as fact an interesting study of
societal acceptability. To one society =X given action is perfectly great and
rewarded behavior. References and verifiable data on that subject is easy to
find. How ever that exactly same subject to culture
=Z is disgusting behavior punishable by societal ostracized and or capital punishment. I find references
have to be checked for societal acceptance as well. 3 This cultural pov carries forward to
any and all writings. Before a book or web site can be used as a valid source
the cultural bias must be checked first. Several of my class mates have already mentioned this. But I
wanted to get a bit more in-depth about how to look for that bias. As I have done some research, I have discovered there are always
a multitude of points of view to any one given item. Most of those points of view are valid to each specific base. News media are always bias in key areas. One “if it bleeds it
leads”, as well as news has turned from a loss leader to a profit making
machine. This profit making machine turns the program from news to
infotainment. Having to insure they make their profit with drawing enough
viewers to sell add time-space. Consequently the companies paying to support that infotainment
have their own bias’ toward content-stories they will pay for. 4 (not ready yet) Eye witnesses can give radically different accounts from each
other upon seeing exactly the same event. I apologize if this comes off wrong
but eye witness accounts can be just as flawed as the assumption the golden
gate bridge is red, when it fact it is orange. It is those differing points of view which is the base for a
cultural-sociological bias. A group of persons gets together and mutually
agree to share a similar point of view. That is a cultural bias It is this cultural bias which is how information can be altered
to meet the mutually accepted cultural identity. It is a good idea to start from identifying the cultural bias
point of view the author and or organization is coming from when attempting
to examine whether or not a reference is valid. In addition to cultural bias’s, knowledge is power is the key to
attempting to figure out what the author is attempting to convey. If that
author-organization succeeds in convincing a reader the pov
of the item then the organization has gained power. 4a2 I thought about answering the other way but I did not want to
take the time to look up the colors of the other bridges in that city. I knew
you were making the point about a bridge in that area, but there are about 20
bridges in that city which are painted red. But just because I knew of those
other smaller bridges did not deviate from your point. You are welcome, I was hoping you would see it that way. Thank you for confirming my point about the build in bias’s of
accepted cultural facts. Even if those accepted facts are not facts at all. If we can be convinced of a piece of information then the
author-organization gains power. I have an entire series one step beyond knowledge is power.
Obtaining a degree is being accepted into the intellectual class. These
lessons have to be understood in order to be a valued member of the thinkers
and holders of information class. 4c As to the reading in chapter 3, we have a solid measurement
pointing to the earth is not flat. The physics of wind insures the earth is
not flat. Their would be no wind if the earth was
flat. The heating and cooling of water vapor as the earth travels in an orbit
and elliptic around the sun is what makes wind. I say this not to be a smart allac,
but to point out the logical, critical, and substantive thinking involved
with being able to identify cultural bias’s and truth. 4b (This post might make me very unpopular in this class. But I
think that ship has already sailed.) When dealing with cultural bias’s, as previously mentioned the
main area in which has to be addressed is the actions of Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be governed by
it -- Ayn Rand Reason-logic and the problem to find validity-credible sources
in academic research. Those who deny logic-reason not only can not be governed by it, they can not
be communicated with. This is the power I was referring to. If an author can present
information which allows someone or a group of people to suspend their
logical, critical, substantive thinking processes for belief. Religion and Philosophy are cut from the same cord but are
radically different in how they are applied. Religion is the set of laws,
rules, regulations which govern (society-group accepted way of being) the
group who agree to live their life’s according to some % or interpretation of
those laws, rules, regulations. How ever it is in the philosophy is where the %
and or interpretation come into effect from the rules of the religion. It is in that % where members of that group attempt to
convince-recruit more members. Knowledge is power. 4c2 (teachers answer) I make absolutely sure, I first know the authors-organizations
bias’s in the following areas before I access the information they are
presenting. Their age Area of the country they are from What is their education background? What have they done since being educated? What religion affiliations have they aligned themselves with What specific religion philosophy have they lived their lives by Who have they affiliated themselves with? (Reference: one
specific person in the world right now who has radical direct confederate organization
ties. {I did not know till a couple hours ago.}). What groups are they
members of. What media organization has accepted to present this information
to me? What vehicle did the person-organization choose to use, on the flip
side, what media organization choose to pick up that piece of information to
help the “if it bleeds it leads” profit margin. (i.e. if you choose to use Al-jezeera,
CNN, FOX, etc. tells you immediately all kinds of details) (The previous answers will tell the reader how trustable the
reference sources are) Then I reed or observe the information
they are attempting to convince me of. 4d Religion and Philosophy are cut from the same cord but are
radically different in how they are applied. Religion is the set of laws,
rules, regulations which govern (society-group accepted way of living) by.
That group who agree to live their lives according to some % or
interpretation of those laws, rules, regulations are following a philosophy. How ever it is in the philosophy is where the %
and or interpretation the concept of belief comes into effect. Belief {to
some % of interpretation} is the suspension of reason. 5 The validity of any and all sources has to be understood first
and foremost as this “Information is power”. “The bigger the lie therefore, the likelier it is to be believed”
(your jaw will drop when you reed who wrote it. http://www.informedchristians.com/articles/ART-thinking_quotes.htm Problem is, the person’s words are more accurate then I can
easily give examples for. I can think of a couple thousand off the top of my
head. The more accurate the information from any one given source the
more powerful that source becomes. Any information source becomes an instant sociological and
political powerhouse. It is that powerhouse which has made those that hold the
information source some of the most powerful. When dealing with any one given item. Information does not have
to be truth information is just that. To inform: is the process of imparting
knowledge. I can listen to the most radical on Al Jazeera (all the words are not close to facts) but I am informed as to
the process of what is going on. 5b Any good intelligence person will tell you that any good
lie-deception is mostly truth. Over 95% truth, but it is that last 5 or less
% is the knife hand. 5 c Future intellectuals from uop I hate to break your bubble but you are a future intellectual.
The intellect is a process of intelligence. Intelligence to the skill of
thinking and applying that thinking into thoughts. Those thoughts become
ideas. Within the framework of the education process we are being instructed
not only how to think but how to form ideas. Those ideas can then with apa formatting be placed into a pen to paper format.
Those words on that piece of paper become information to convey to the world.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but any phrase like “why should I
read a large block of text” is the definition of keeping oneself from the
very core higher education is here for. We are all paying a lot of money to
get the degree. With what has been given, much is expected. Being in
intellectual requires taking the responsibility to being a carrier of
knowledge. 5b But on the flip side of that credibility is “naked truth”. Naked
truth by most societies is a shunned thing. Truth almost always has to be
cloaked in the garb of an acceptable format before the masses can deal with
it. 6 (thank you I just wrote a position paper on a subject from this
class.) 7 “deceived my audience” I do not feel like I deceived my audience I just worked from a
standard cultural jump to conclusions. I did not intentionally miss lead I
just allowed the word play to go in the direction most would normally start
filling in their own understanding of what was being presented. Then introduced
them (my audience) to the actions they just did. I did not write what I wrote
in a way to create the façade the façade was already created. I just allowed
the natural flow of words to fill in the blanks-build the façade then turned
around the cut a hole through the façade after the cultural bias had done its
job. I could site a thousand examples of
our cultural façade building, but alas. There are a thousand word games which
illustrate the same lesson. “A plane crashes on the boarder
between America and Canada. Where do you bury the survivors?” 7b (not sent not going to be sent) Same cultural fill in the façade bias. Deviate the person with the word play giving emphases on the
unimportant details and de- emphasize the important details. The most
important word in the question is the last word. In web sites looking for factual research details, after
cultural bias’s a intellectual has to be totally focused on looking for
authors the word plays. A commune trick is to do the following. “Here look at
this” making you look at the right hand while picking your “belief” pocket
with the left. (I left a fallacy in that example, what is it?) 8 I did not take it badly at all. I just put it that way to
illustrate the point of deception is a key part of life. I enjoyed it more then I can express easily. To play with words
to show how easily a façade are created. Was more fun then I was expecting
this week. One of the things I though about after
posting the possible number of bridges in san fran
is the color of some oriental bridges in gardens are sometimes also red. I
did not remember that. So the strike interpretation of the concept of a
bridge, their might be an uncountable number or red
bridges in san fran. I can think of a nice one in
golden gate park. I am not immune to being caught in the cultural bias of a
sentence. The built in façade in that one sentence indicated the large major
bridges, but I did not think about the others till later. My point is, I did not take it personal. I enjoyed it. On top of
that I found myself being caught in the same fallacy sentence structure I was
warning about. 9 Geoffrey You have said a few things which I want very badly to respond
to. But this is a class about communications. I will do my utmost to reply to
such strings with care, dignity, charity, humbleness, and above all stick to
the very specific subject of this class. On the subject of the bibliotheca (Greek, look it up) I will
respectfully not answer. I will not respond because everything I would say
would be an absolute off topic deviation from this class. But know I read
your post and would love to say a couple 10s of thousands of words in
response. Hard science and linguistics facts, but almost all completely off
topic. But another point is. Meanings of words over time; as
researchers it is a very good idea to learn a word or phrase will change over
time. Gay has at least 3 meanings in the last 100 years. So items translated
into modern English from past versions of English or other languages. Ex something translated from middle Russian into 1960s English
will have a radically different translation then that same thing translated
into 2005 English. “you are a daisy if you do” was a fun one to translate.
Translation today “No not miss BXXXX”. 20 years ago, very different. 10
(not going to send) To
the best of someones knowledge is what bothers me.
Because to the best of someones knowledge turns
from not sure but here is what I have so far to belief quickly. When
inaccurate information turns into belief of that same information;
communication and or interaction become difficult to the extreme. 10
(you*
will be plural) There
is a problem with the approach you are working from. Placing thick filters
between what you know and what you think someone else will be able to input
is mostly always a bad way to present information. What
I am talking about is, when I am describing something to someone. I try my
best to stager my answer. Start with the basics, and then move on
incrementally by sentence or paragraph. At the end I attempt to put
information into what I am saying I am sure it over their heads. I
do this for several reasons. First the questions that come back will tell you
exactly how much this person knows. Second it will encourage that person to
go look up what they do not know about yet. Third you do not sell someone
short. The
third is the most important of all. Thinking someone is less educated is
almost insulting. The
great thing is most of the time only you know you are insulting the person.
But if the person understands they have been insulted as well; politeness
takes over and you have no idea the person you are communicating with now
thinks you are a bunch of unflattering words. 11 I
guess I should have put a disclaimer in. You are absolutely correct, I stand
corrected. (The
disclaimer is) my example was specifically about general chats. Which I think
based on reading your sentence structure you do some version of my example.
But you are correct, going above hoping the customer will look something up
is horrific for the retail industry. But
to get to know someone in general or to let a new someone know something
about you, is the point to what I was directing my post. One
of my favorite phrases to use to gage my audience is to add to someone’s
conversation especially when the chat comes around to x person is such a
fool. I say that person needs a “cranium anal ectomy
very badly” watch for those that laugh. Higher
education does come with a price. For those that are given much is expected. 12 "Of,
relating to, or occurring in the earliest stage of development: was active
in the germinal stages of the space program." W3q2 What is the difference between a direct quote and paraphrasing?
What would guide your decision to use a direct quote as opposed to
paraphrasing an author? 1 What is the difference between a direct quote and paraphrasing?
What would guide your decision to use a direct quote as opposed to
paraphrasing an author? A direct quote (depending on if that quote is in a modern
English) is a direct association with what the person said. By using the
words a person said in the sequence they did ensures at least from that
specific decade a reader can understand the meaning the speaker was
attempting to convey. Paraphrasing occurs when the language translation has altered
the meaning, the original quote is inappropriate but a slight change of some
words provides the quote with appropriatness to the
authors reference.
What guides my work is the same as why I would use a direct
quote or a paraphrased quote. If the direct fits what I am attempting to
convey to my readers then use the direct. But if I am quoting say “Alexander
Dumas”, then I have to use a paraphrased quote. “for whome
the bell tolls, will have to be paraphrased. Because in modern culture few
will understand the reference to the ringing of a bell and more specifically
the bell tolls is an even more specific reference to a cultural during a set
length of time.
2 On
the subject of paraphrasing, when it comes to languages there is little
choice. I
refer to the lovely phrase “sacrifice the beast for the greater glory of
XXXX”. On the surface this is a word for word translation. Without an
understanding of meaning, paraphrasing brings the true definition out. It has
to be paraphrased. The true (paraphrased ) meaning is beyond horrific to say.
Understanding
the actual definition requires knowledge in several fields. Archaeology,
History, Linguistics, various cultural Sociologies, and wide ranging
religious knowledge. The
definition of beast is not what you think it is. Even if you know the “word”
definition. The paraphrased meaning is beyond horrific. When
you get beyond basic academic research you will encounter these kinds of
examples. Every discipline has its own unique language. So paraphrasing a+ b=x sounds simple, but
the a and b have to be paraphrased to fill in what
they actually mean. The famous E=MC² has to be paraphrased; E=energy, M=mass,
C=the speed of light, ²=c*c (of what ever the ² is
to the right of=). 3 4 5 6 7 8 Week
3 summary What
we learned this week was very interesting. I found both topics similar but
still very distant, topic wise. The topics of the ways to judge if a site is
a good reference and direct quote v paraphrase was covered in ways I did not
realize before. The
examples of bias in words used referencing the “bridge discussion” along with
the word alterations over time. Those and others proved to be very pointed
toward finding out keys to academic research. Several of my fellow students
found the same points I was chatting about. My
fellow students covered the interaction between what was presented and what
the truth is also just as fascinating as I did. They offered diverse but on
topic posts all revolving around the concept of they are starting to get the
idea higher education is no laughing matter. Some even came close to stating
the concept “To whom much is given, much is
expected. - Luke 12:48”. Which is funny because even though that quote is
direct from that well known book quote it is still paraphrased. Since English
did not exist before 800 c.e. W4q1 What are the top three lessons you learned from Chapter 3,
“Critical Thinking,” of the text Keys to College Studying and how can you
apply those lessons in your work and/or personal life? 1 Boy I can open up about this topic. My study habits force me
to take on many of those disciplines long before now. My endurance is limited, when the body says “STOP” there is no
negotiation. So I have constructed patterns. I have check lists “thanks to
the reading” of ok ever time you start to work on school start here. On good
days I can work from where I left off, but I have to made plans for bad days.
So I start with a check list; Do this first Then do this Then do that Each step in my study process, thanks to the reading I have
added notes to each accomplished task. That way I do not have to go backwards
to redo things I have already finished. My master document has updated slightly since I put it
together last week. I added a table organization and taken out the hours in a
day. works better for me. 2 How do I think? How to I analyze data with both critical
thinking and creative thinking. I analyze by way of Analyze and Clarify Information Examine Whether
Examples Support Ideas Distinguish Fact
from Opinion Examine
Perspectives and Assumptions Perspective and assumptions
in information. Personal perspectives and
assumptions. Evaluate Information (Keys to COLLEGE
STUDYING BECOMING AN ACTIVE
THINKER. Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and
Sarah Lyman Kravits, 2007. P 77-83) How I think is I attempt to be a wait and think the situation
through. About 75% of me is geared toward that end, unfortunately 25% of me
is knee jerk reactionary. So when I attempt to critical think I have to first
weight in on how I am feeling in that few minutes. Am I feeling knee jerk “go
get it done”. Or am I in the lets sit and conempate
this. In both ways I go through the same mental processes, just the
amount of time I spend on each process has a wide margin. I first think how
did I get myself into this situation, then I think back to what possible turn
did I take to get me here (that way when a similar situation happens in the
future I can correct what ever errors I just did or
am about to do). Then I think of who or what I am dealing with. I need to
figure out what the item in front of me is capable of. That way I can assess
how much danger I will be in at any given second through the situation. 3 (not posted) A lot of people might think my critical thinking process is a
great deal of superfluous information. But I can tell you being able to
assess the intentions of a situation or a person based on what they have done
in the past, what their profile suggests they are capable of, what a person
would do in this kind of tribal interaction, and what I have done to provoke
this response (which is the hardest to gage accurately). After I process the necessary background, I then think of what
I want to do next. How do I want to deal with this. What kind of outcome is
best for all involved. Sometimes I get greedy and figure ways in which I get
what I want and what ever I am dealing with I do
not care what end of the stick they get. But mostly I think what is best for
all involved. For the creative thinking being mostly intently self confident
with a small but equally intense low self esteem quality. I have all kinds of
competing wants, needs, and desires wanding through
my head as I go through my check list. 1 how did I get here, 2 what decisions
did I make which allowed me to be here, 3 what reactions are happening around
me, 4 what is the history of the thing in front of me. Then after thinking of all that, I then start to assemble a
plan of how I want to react. 4 Critical thinking On the subject of black swan concept as it relates to exactly
how humans think. I cannot state this strongly enough. I am sure the answer
is nurture as in removing of critical thinking is trained into-out of a
culture. Those traits of thinking critically and or not thinking
critically affect each person in a group by way of what is acceptable to that
culture. We humans in the first 4 years have to think critically in
order for the neuropath ways to form correctly. It is after the age of around
4-8 when those natural critical thinking skills are beaten out of the person
by the culture they live in. How those critical thinking skills are drummed out is by the
following; culturally, then religion, philosophy, class structure,
politicians, the section of the population which holds the knowledge. I have stated several times “knowledge is power” (Francis Bacon, 22 January 1561 –
9 April 1626). If a culture has a section which wants to be powerful they
restrict knowledge and lay foundations sociologically for the populous to
reject information. 3 The Asian and India culture since
1945 have embraced knowledge and high technology with a religious fervor. The
educated in some aspects are the most respected and revered people in the
culture. (With a few exceptions; Indonesia, North Korea, China depending are
the area is both strongly in favor and strongly oppressive, to name a few.) Our American culture is in the same
line of philosophy which all western-Latin-Greek based cultures originated.
We almost hate critical thinking and those that use that tool to educate
themselves. I can think of 10s of thousands of examples of how our culture
hates critical thinking, education, and the knowledge which comes from
education. But the strangest dichotomy is those
that are able to fight the gauntlet to become educated are respected. The
western cultures love the products which come from critical thinking. But
hate the people who create them and the process of creation. Some of this cultures most colorful language; geek, nerd, egg
head, elitist, lawyer, freak, intellectual, paranormal, etc. 5 The
conversations we could have had. The communication we could have exchanged. I
am saddened we were not able to communicate. What I could have learned from
you. Critical thinking points to the concept of if you are on line interested
in chatting, and I am on line interested in chatting. We could have had long,
complicated, deep chats on the widest range of topics. I
consider that a major missed opportunity. According
to the reading, (Keys to College Studying,
2007, p 76) “Thinking Means
Asking and Answering Questions”. Where the “The Best
Innovations Are Those That Come from Smart Questions”. If you were interested in expanding
yourself, and I am interested in expanding chats lead to questions. Questions
and Answers lead to deeper questions. The more steps in the line, the more we
learn. Consequently the more everyone who read the strings would have
learned. 6 Are there ways our culture values critical thinking? Of course there are places our culture values critical
thinking. With strongly assigned strict boundaries attached. Our culture
encourages critical thinking in the court room, the government, hard science
(computers, cars, architecture, roads, military, health, agriculture, etc)
and in executive business decisions. What may they be? The outcomes of professional critical thinking positions (in
specific thought strings) benefit the average Joe by providing; civilization
infrastructure, jobs, legal protection, technical inventions, etc in very
specific day to day ways. Sometimes history, archaeology, math, and hard
science are acceptable. (But the idea strings need to be directed at either
entertainment or to prove the cultures philosophy or religious belief.) Civilization infrastructure, etc are the areas in which
professionals are allowed to be trained to think critically. To make life
better, easier, and more fun for those that can afford it. But I overemphasize odd ball questions are unacceptable.
History, Archaeology, and physics are tolerated subjects. The areas of absolute unacceptable critical thinking are;
history, archaeology, paleontology, theoretical physics, linguistics, any and
all things to do with paranormal activity (as defined by the dominant
paradigm) X Do
I really come off that badly? When I am asked a question, especially with
Robert Dyer, I attempted to (with as much respect as I could put into my answers)
line by line answer his questions. Which is one of the reasons I did that was
to show; ask me a question, I will do my utmost to answer it. I thought my
eight responses were enough to prove that. I
was obviously wrong. Question
is, how was I wrong. Yes
there are a couple dozen fields in which I can speak from some level of
amateur authority. But,
a hundred fields of knowledge, I know little to nothing about. For
instance, I know nothing about your shoes. Tell me about your shoes. The absolute base of critical thinking to me; this
is only my opinion mind you. I feel critical thinking relies on the person
being absolutely confident with what they know. But on the flip side, turn
that critical thinking inward. Fill in the gaps in your knowledge. Xx If
a person has no idea of the critical thinking process’s of their own
ignorance, they will not be able to fill in the gaps in personal knowledge.
Every fact needs to be examined on regular intervals. Every field you know
about. Ever field you have no idea about. They all need at least once a year
to be examined and see if your psyche is ready to input data. The only why
through ignorance is to apply the bridge of the nose to the bridge of the
book. Xxx Sam Gomez (all you/r responses are
plural) Boy this is hard, see ordinarily I
would use the words and phrases you have posted as examples of how you are
semi-interested in critical thinking skills in general. But not in areas you
are uncomfortable in. “Uncomfortable” is the key word link between beaten out
and critical thinking. But I think I will take another
approach. You have been trained to only input
“specific” kinds of data. Unless you have a really good idea of what you will
be reading, you will not only not read it but give very low grade derogatory
comments about information you are presented. You have been given a set of
stimulation responses to information that might be questionable. You have
either seen people around you give responses similar or you have filled in
the gaps with being told first hand “that is unacceptable questions and or
areas to know anything about”. That is how knowledge is beaten out. Dominant
paradigm approval; same as pier pressure but on a
cultural scale. Xxxx religoun reaction But
now that someone has breached the subject, I can address one small aspect. In
all academic pursuits knowledge will be obtained which will fly in the face
of conventional thinking. One of the major prices in seeking education is the
unacceptable reaction from religious people. Not
being accepted by a family because of what you have learned academically is
part of the price we face. If
you think the price you will pay in 2008 is rough. Try any time previous to
three decades ago. Having
the support from religious family members drop because what you learn is what
they consider “blasphemy” sorry to burst your bubble. But that is the price
we all have to pay for knowledge. How
many times have I stated, “Knowledge is Power”. When authority figures-older
family members feel threatened the only course of action they have it to lash
out. The
degree (piece of velum) is the piece of evidence proving you are now
powerful. Xx response to the teacher (tomorrow)
(not posted) In my experience, I have found
especially in academic (technical) day to day communication. The closer to
using one single word in a communication the better. I hate it, but in 10 months of
college. I have learned this approach is absolutely the way to go. I only experienced one class where I
was able to allow my mind to go. I was able to write posts as long as I
wanted. I was able to express new and innovative ideas. I loved it, but of
the 20ish people in that class. I was only talking to 3 people. All four of
us had extra (science) education and could communicate reading huge posts
several times a day. But in general the closer to one word
answers the better. I say one word because if I want to
write 4000 words on a given subject, going deep into detail and I have to
write a 150 word post. That is a close association with as close to one word
as possible. Xxy teacher
reply Is shorter always better for
communicating purpose and intent? Shorter is the way to go if you want
to have your communication to be as absolutely clear as possible. In most
technical and academic circles, the closer to one word your posts are the
better. My approach has always been the more
information the better. But when I am searching for information I am like a
surgeon attempting to do microsurgery. I just want the information I want and
leave the other stuff behind. I have found in the amount of fallacy and
rhetoric you have to read past is 99%. I realize the dichotomy. Information
from others is stuff my information is good. Has it been effective? Have my posts been received better? 3 weeks is hard to account for a good
measurement. How else can clarity be construed? Add graphics-emoticons to your work. I
hate to use them, but they are very effective. Robert dyer KISS is exactly the opposite. Keeping
something to as few words as possible and keeping something simple are vastly
different. The 271 words of the Gettysburg address are fare from simple, but
they set the tone for the next century (West Wing, 2006). Nuts is also not simple, but it let
everyone know the gravity of the situation. In technical writing and in academics
the distinction between the fewer words as possible = the more simple those
words; that needs to be a lesson worked with for everyone’s entire academic
career. My problem is, I am always wanting to
create a deeper understanding. This is a problem because few care. As I stated in another post, in this
country, to be educated is not always a good thing. Intellectuals are usually
seen as being a very bad thing. Giving information to those that did
not ask for it, is usually seen as a very bad thing. 15 Although critical thinking may be hard
to teach or apply, according to Sagan the benefits may be to keep you from
being unnecessarily separated from the contents of your bank account. I was watching a 16 All: How have you become conditioned
in such a way that prevents your opening to new ideas and world views? As the previous 4 weeks point to,
there is little I have not already expanded my personal boundaries with or
on. (I did all my creative exploration without the use of drugs, not even
nicotine. alcohol less than 9 times) I started when I was 16-Present 37. I
have no plans on stopping. To explore ideas, that is the greatest gift. How are you engaged to expand your
horizons of possibility? I was raised in Colorado Springs,
Colorado. My family were relapse Catholics; but I was allowed to explore past
the boundaries of the religious fanatics in Colorado. When I was about 14 (I was told by a
friend who was struggling with the same temptations) “You have to take
religion =X. If you do not the worst possible outcomes will happen.” I asked “What about the people around
the world who lived their entire lives before =X was”. The answer has shaped my horizon ever
since. “When they die they would be met by =X
representative and given the choice convert or $#@%!$@#!.” My thought “How egotistical” How can you tell a tyrant? Easy; they
present a situation “Their way or else.” What is the different tyrant v bully? 18 To Ronald sounds
like a desperate need for some kind of email group or email database. That
way everything can be placed instead of in a non descript format. The
continuity lines are much easier to follow. An email group for some specific
chains of thought might save some serious amounts of time and tedious
questions. One
major aspect of critical thinking, to apply critical ideas correctly. In
this case if hundreds of emails become confusing, instead of the technology
assisting in the development of communication. That same communication is
becoming bogged down. The
reasons data bases were created in the first place is this exact need. For a
regimented format for controlling the flow of huge amounts of data. I
cannot recommend you enough for you to write someone up and hand it into your
bosses. Adding an information database to work directly with the email.
Emails are written and the information is processed into a flow chart
database. 19 (not sent) First; I apologize for not checking
your name spelling before posting. I check the body but ignored checking the
name, an unintentional oversight. You are correct in your 10% analysis.
I have found your reference to be completely accurate. With one minor
exception, in some communities, especially in communities diverse from the
dominant paradigm the class and social structures break down. The event being
attended is the focus. One of the key elements to my (school
of Hard Knox, previous to traditional academic life) education was to attempt
to figure ways in which I could connect with persons not of my 10% range. I was able to connect with a wide
range of socio-economic spectrum by figuring out where we would same commune
locations. It would be at those commune places I would meet up with people
who would then teach me what I needed to know. 10 I completely agree with you. But one
key portion you are leaving out. Most inventions I can think of rely on a
combination of personnel from different disciplines cobbling together ideas. Galileo has received 99% of the credit
but the major portion of the theory is from Copernicus. But Copernicus did
not have access to Calculus. Copernicus's paper using advanced algebra gave
Galileo the shoulders to climb up on 50 years later. Combining different disciplines, time,
and the personal fortitude to carry =x idea through the gauntlet to
completion are the key factors in the creation of most things. "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed.
Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being
self-evident."-- Schopenhauer. The
ridicule stage is the part which takes a person who has the ability to do the
battle with the establishment and dominant paradigm. A part of critical
thinking is working on ways to change a person from believing idea-theory
from =x to =y. W4q2 Discuss the challenges associated with being in a virtual
learning team as well as how teams can respond to these challenges. Focus on
the six Tips for Students on p. 6 of the Online Learning Team Handbook. 1 (I
copied this directly from the page referred to) O
N L I N E C A M P U S L E A R N I N G T E A M T I P S F O R S T U D E N T S Below
is a list of tips and best practices for successful Learning Teams at the
Online Campus: 1.
Use threading with appropriate subject lines in Learning Team newsgroups. 2.
Check into Learning Team newsgroups regularly for updates and announcements
regarding Learning Team projects. 3.
Post all correspondence and contributions to Learning Team projects in the
Learning Team newsgroup. If email is used to communicate with Learning Team
members, copy those messages into the Learning Team newsgroup. 4.
Establish early deadlines to accommodate any problems or miscommunications
that might affect the timing of project completion. 5.
Ask questions of your teammates if something is unclear and respond to
questions from your teammates within 24 hours. 6. Use respectful and professional
language and tone in the Learning Team newsgroups. (Focus on the six Tips for Students on p. 6 of the Online
Learning Team Handbook.) For me the worst parts are the long list of failures in most
of the teams I have been associated with. I am not good with the politics, I
am a product oriented person. When the issues come up, I almost always handle
them incorrectly. When I take on a project, whatever is in my way of achieving
the goal I have little to no patience for. How best to deal with the virtual environment in a team
setting. I am still attempting to figure that out. Keeping the line of
communication open, deal with issues as they happen, try and predict if
something will become an issue. Allow team members to have lots and lots of
space to do what they need to do, while I am doing what I need to do. I was given a tip on this subject by my academic counselor.
The shorter and more concise a communication the less likely that communiqué
can be misinterpreted. 2 3 4 5 6 7 Week
4 summary What have I learned in this week. The first and most important item was I finally made the logical leap away from; the longer the better in expressing the entire idea. Now posting just a short note, email, post, memo, etc of over say 2000 words is overkill to the point of ridiculousness. I will now work on making sure to stay as close to the question as possible. No frills, no history connections, no additions, “Just the facts, just the facts”, and within 300 or less words. From my fellows, critical thinking is a difficult subject which comes with real world penalties. Thinking critically allows the mind to explore, ask questions in, and change the personal point of view. The critical thinking tool can be a very frightening thing to relatives, friends, and acquaintances. The world of community illusion verses the truth of knowledge is almost the most frightening journey possible. This learning environment has been challenging, rewarding, frustrating, knowledge expanding, and a wonderful growth experience. I learned more in this 5 weeks then I thought possible. |
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