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Module 4, Week 2: Critical Thinking

Today’s notes for week two. The focus for this week is on critical thinking.

Issues, claims, and arguments – what are the differences?

  • Be able to distinguish issues, claims, and arguments
  • It’s a common mistake to blur the three together to manipulate arguments
  • Claim
    -a statement that asserts something to be the case or not the case.
    -opinions are claims
  • Not claims
    -questions
    -exclamations, i.e. Ouch! or Hey!
    -commands
  • Issue
    -i.e. whether or not tuition increase is necessary
    -questions that involve “whether or not” scenarios
  • Argument
    -claims you’re trying to get others to accept

Week 1 Notes: Why Philosophy Matters to Everyday People

I’ll be posting a series of my notes so you can get an idea of what I’m studying in Praxis. Module 4, which is month four of Praxis focuses on consuming content and critical thinking, rather than creating something every day. Continue reading Week 1 Notes: Why Philosophy Matters to Everyday People

New Month of Praxis, Philosophy and Critical Thinking

It’s a new month which means a new Praxis challenge! Throughout this month I’ll be consuming more information instead of shipping content every day.

This month’s challenge I’m learning about critical thinking and philosophy and why it matters to successful entrepreneurs.

Critical thinking is essential for problem-solving, which drives entrepreneurs to think outside the box. This is where philosophy steps in especially when morality and customer care is concerned.

At the end of this month, my goals are to become even more logical, debate effectively, and ask better questions.

Additionally, I’ll continue to track my progress in Praxis by posting all my notes for this philosophy and critical thinking module.

A Review of My 30 Day Blogging Challenge

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Yesterday I concluded my 30-day blogging challenge for Praxis and I couldn’t believe how much my writing improved. A year ago I did the same blogging challenge but I didn’t have any guidance from Dan Sanchez, FEE’s editor-in-chief or my Praxis classmates. You can read my old blog here and see the difference. Continue reading A Review of My 30 Day Blogging Challenge

Here’s a Novel Idea: Train Your Employees Properly

If you’re a manager or own a business, put in the effort to train your employees properly. Why is it that Americans have a lackadaisical attitude towards training, compared to the efficiency of the Germans or the mindfulness of the Japanese?

Cultural differences play a huge part. However, that doesn’t mean we should accept lower standards. Continue reading Here’s a Novel Idea: Train Your Employees Properly

Communism Now Most Popular Diet Among Millennials

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According to a recent poll, communism is now the most popular diet among millennials and they can’t stop raving about the wonders of this latest diet trend.

Growing tired of the endless choices at the grocery store and meal prepping, millennials turn to communism and praise how “you’ll gradually depend less on food and focus on working hard for the people.”

“Communism is the easiest diet out there,” said Michael Faber, 22. “You don’t need to exercise or count calories and all you have to do is drink lots of water and eat once a day. Eventually, you’ll get used to the hunger pains and reduce your meal intake to once a week.”

“It’s simple,” said Katie Brown, 25, “just wait in long lines until you’re thinking about food but don’t actually eat anything. It helped me lose over a hundred pounds in two weeks!”

“This is the only diet that can keep the pounds off and I’ve tried keto, the South Beach Diet, and Weight Watchers but nothing was permanently effective like communism,” she added, clutching her stomach.

When asked about the downsides of the communism diet and the horrible results of starvation from others who tried it, she just shrugged and said, “Real communism has never been tried but when done right it works.”

How to Solve Valencia College’s Parking Shortage

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I returned to college for a day to sit in on a lecture from my economics professor, Jack Chambless. It felt a bit strange to be back on campus but I was greeted warmly by my professor. Today’s lecture was about government interference in the free market and supply and demand, but I’ll just focus on supply and demand.

Valencia College experiences a shortage of available parking spots and right now it costs nothing to park. Professor Chambless proposed a plan that would help solve this problem. Continue reading How to Solve Valencia College’s Parking Shortage