Final Question 3

The one concept I loved this semester had to do with empathy. I just loved it. I think it is important to use this in every day life and discuss it in this class. Being able to interpret what others are thinking by reading their body language and emotions has such a huge impact on one's life. When you use empathy in a critical thinking way, you can channel into the other person and their emotions. You can put yourself in their shoes and feel how they feel. If you can have the class know how important it is for others to be empathetic, it would really help people. It would cut the amount of judging, the amount of hazing, the amount of jealousy , the amount of anger, and just everything negative in the world. That would be the only concept I would have liked to go further in detail on. Anyways, it has been nice writing this semester, I really enjoyed all of my readers. Thank you for being so great and understanding this semester,

Costa The Greek Guy 

Final Question 2

The thing I liked best about this class was the discussions and blog. I like how we blogged and got to talk to others on their blogs. It made it so personal. Like you got to see into the person's mind by going into their blog. Like I said before, I had never made a blog, so it was so fun for me to do something like this. I also liked how everyone was so nice and personal on the blog. The experiences I read and the comments I received were just so heart-warming. The only thing I did not like about the class, forgive me to say, was the essay portion. I think that it would be better if we were in groups of 2 or 3 and have less words to write. When you have 4 people in a group it is just to much , should i say faith to have in other people. Especially when it comes to my grade, I would rather not give that much responsibility to others. 

Final Question 1

Truthfully, I have learned so much this past semester in this class. Whether it be from networking to find out answers to critical thinking problems, it has all stuck with me. I especially liked the huge array of topics we talked about this semester, each week brought its own new fun and excitement to my life. I got to learn about language one week, advertising the next, it was all just so beneficial to me. I also learned how to blog in this class, never before had I written and made my own blog. It is just such a cool concept to me. Lastly, I learned more about myself and what I wanted to do in life. Each chapter, like I said, revealed something new, and a little piece of myself every week. I wish the professor the best, and to keep doing what she is doing, because it works.

Waiting,

Costa the GreekGuy

Chapter 12 Question 2

As I remember the past, I am made so many incorrect assumptions just by the way I perceived something. Lets take it back to last January, I was alone on my birthday and my friends were blowing me off. I was so upset, and so mad. I was done with my friends and I swore them out- to say the least. I wanted to just get a coffee on my birthday, was that to hard to ask. So, I went to coffee with my sister instead and she took me out to dinner and I had a good time with her. As I come home, I am still mad. That was, until...........BOOM. Happy Birthday COSTA! The whole time my friends were planning a surprise birthday with my parents and of course after thinking about it, my observation of my friends were wrong. Scientific knowledge let me rethink my thoughts and act on it correctly. After some trial and error, I finally understood why my friends were acting so harsh all day, to pull this surprise on me. It was a hard lesson, but it taught me rethink before you speak. It was a fun birthday, but I feel really stupid still thinking about how I acted. 

Chapter 12 Question 1

"Hello, career breakthrough. Today’s Scorpio total solar eclipse sweeps through your tenth house of success, bringing unbelievable new opportunities your way. In the coming six months (or sooner), you could change jobs, even launching on an entire new path. Your long-term goals and priorities can get reshuffled dramatically, too, especially if you find yourself thrust into a leadership position." As a person that really doesn't believe in horoscopes, this further concludes that I don't believe them. Horoscopes are so broad and so falsifiable. It is pretty funny, because it says I am going to change jobs and I will have a new path in life- false. I don't have a job right now, nor will I during this semester do to an overload of school. For the long term goals and priorities, that is so vague, how can any of that be true. I'm sure that natural things will lead to new goals and priorities, but that is just a natural part of life. The whole thing with horoscopes is that they are all pretty much bull crap that are so broad that anyone can attach themselves to them. It is for people who need structure to their lives to get reassurance, but I don't think that is a way to live. Live every day like it is your last, don't let a horoscope be the determiner on how one lives one's life. 

Thanks for reading, 

GreekGuy
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Chapter 11 Question 3

A concept that I really enjoyed this time around, in this chapter, was the concept of Social Networking. Social Networking can be a good thing to many. It helps build relationships, it helps with job searching and connecting, it helps with rekindling lost friendships, and does so many good things that helps and grows with individuals. There is some bad parts to social networking also. If you post a picture online, that you really shouldn't post, it becomes a property item to that website you posted it to. That means, if you ever get into any trouble with the law, they can use that picture, even without your permission. I have had a friend that was drinking and driving and then went to court and they pulled up a picture of him drinking that night that someone else posted. When it comes to social networking it can be such a good thing, or such a bad thing. One must be very careful when posting on a social networking site because it can comeback to bite one. 

Chapter 11 Question 2

In this argument about plagiarism, both authors make valid points as to why they agree or disagree with plagiarism. Brook J. Sadler makes very valid points when it comes to plagiarism. He thinks it is unfair, unethical, theftish, and not a good concept in the long run. He makes a list of ten reasons as to why it is bad, and makes very valid and thought out points. When it comes to the other author, Russell Hunt he makes very challenging arguments that fight for the right to plagiarize. He thinks that plagiarism is something that students should be able to do and mostly talk about how plagiarism "challenges" rights as a student. I like both sides of the argument. I know though, as a student, I would not plagiarize. This is because ever since the sixth grade i was pounded by my teachers on how bad plagiarism is and why we shouldnt do it. If I had not had this happen to me, maybe I would be a little bit more accepting of plagiarism. Overall, good arguments on both sides, but I agree with Sadler a bit more.