Just finished reading Chapters 3, and 4…

Chapter 3 really got me thinking right in the beginning. 3.1 there’s a short conversation between a husband and his wife, referring to the lottery. The husband proclaims if he had won the lottery he get a Ph.D. and teach college. At this moment we can see what the husband really would like or would of liked to do with his life. Finding your focus really deals with figuring out what your focus is or should be at this moment in time. Many of us know we should focus on school, and work, however we tend to give into our wants, and we more so focus on friends, maybe where the next parties at, which leads us off track. In the beginning of 3.2 there’s a short note that says “To find your focus, you need to ask yourself what you care about.” This is true, and perhaps im misenterpreting the question, but I thought the question should of been “What do you need?” Instead of “What do you care about?” The reason being is for some reason when I ask myself what do I need I can instantly respond a better job. As bad as it may sound to some, the truth is, money makes the world go around, and can help solve many problems, not all, but many. School=Degree=Better Job. Overall, chapter 3 really made me think about goals, focusing, and taking my time to improve my skills, and even go back and review over some old ones.

Chapter 4
Ideas, ideas, and ideas! This chapter made me smile. The very second page, there was a sentence that read “One of the biggest goals of studying at the college level is for you to develop your ideas about ideas.” Ideas, about ideas. I paused here and had to elaborate to myself on this thought. An idea is a thought or suggestion, so what the book is saying is that our thoughts or suggestion’s can branch off into even more ideas. Which, in a way, could end up in an infinite loop about a simple idea. I don’t know why, but for some reason, this blew my mind. Of course I have always known about the thought process, but never to actually put it into words, or think about how much we can elaborate on just one idea. The more I read about critical thinking the more it all connected, the human brain thought process, the ideas about ideas all aimed at the topic of thesis’s. As we all know a thesis is basically a theory or statement, thus an idea. I really liked seeing everything come together, this chapter has made me think a lot about wording my ideas, being able to describe my thoughts,and be able to put them into a thesis. The revision process is just as important as critical thinking. Making sure what your writing makes sense, and is exact.