Facing My Fears : Using Critical Thinking

Ever since I was a little girl I have always aspired to follow in my grandfather’s footsteps and become a prosperous attorney like him. He exerted himself strenuously, graduated from Northeastern Law School and was one of the founding partners of the Morrison, Mahoney and Miller Law firm currently located in Boston. It has been an arduous journey for me to verbally express the least endeavoring to follow my grandfather’s legacy. Shortly after graduating high school, my life consummately spiraled out of control and I was faced with adversity that seemed insurmountable. It is paramount to take a moment and apportion some brief history considering that I my past has molded me into the strenuously exertive, goal oriented student I have always aspired to be.

Six years after graduating High School, I have finally decided to pursue a college education. Three, fairly common, factors played in to my decision to go back to school: learning new things, building confidence in myself and pursuing my desired career. I understand that graduating college is a difficult task, which is why I must make a plan for my success and stick to it. I must also rely on my personal strengths and my motivation to guide me through the tough times that I am sure to experience on my road to success to get my degree in Criminal Justice. I have always been a person who is eager to learn new things.

Over the last thirty years, the health care system has incurred dramatic changes, resulting in new advances in technology and medical theories. Greater demand for quality care by consumers, more knowledgeable patients, remarkable disease processes, shorter hospitalizations, and the continuing pressure to lower health care costs are all contributing factors in the necessary changes to the nursing practice. In order for nurses to deliver optimum care, they must develop a higher quality of thinking capability. We will review the information given in this research paper to discuss the impact of critical thinking in the nursing profession, as well as the various strategies / techniques used in assisting

Over the course of the last six weeks, I have come to realize that critical thinking is an important asset as I continue my journey in life. I have found this course to be both challenging and rewarding. Most importantly, I find myself viewing problems and conversations in a completely different light. While I would not consider myself an expert at critical thinking, I would assess myself in as a Beginner Thinker. Paul and Elder point out in the beginning thinker stage an individual actively begins to take command of their thinking process across multiple facets of their life (Paul and Elder, 2012). Furthermore, we recognize that there are problems in the way we think and begin to consciously attempt to better understand we can improve our thinking.

Having traveled down a declining slope in my sophomore year, I was suddenly motivated to prop myself back up. I was for the first time emancipated of my pride and began to actively search for means to amend my “defeat”. When I finally received final semester grades, I was proud of not simply the hard work I’ve put into achieving these grades, but more importantly, how I picked myself up and rose above the ebbs and flows of my academic career.

When I decided to attend Howard University I was undecided as to my major and my career field. I worried that without a set plan I may not perform as well academically so I set certain academic goals to work towards as I determined my career path. I changed my major first to political science, and then settled on public relations major with a political science minor. The goal I planned to work towards from the beginning is to graduate with honors achieving a 3.8 cumulative GPA. My second academic goal is to attend one of the top 15 law schools once I graduate. The most prestigious la firms tend to mainly hire from these schools and the intent behind my academic goals is to begin my career as quickly and successfully as possible.

Beliefs, attitudes and values are three little words that have and make a massive impact on who we are as individuals, who we are as people, and even how the world is viewed by ourselves and others. A belief is something that individuals or groups think, such as believing in a god. Where a Value would be the living life in the ways a religion expects, this value will be made from the belief that the person or group has in their God. The attitude towards this would be the feelings, beliefs and behaviour tendencies towards this, for example praying, reading the holy book,

The term vulnerable populations can be used to refer to those groups of people whose needs are not fully met by the conventional service providers and thus they become a target for new health care provision measures. It can also be defined as the term for the group of people who are not comfortable and do not have safe access and use of the standard resources offered to other general populations. They include populations such as pregnant women, chronically mentally ill persons, children under the age of 5 years, homeless persons, immigrants and victims of violence such as refugees or victims of domestic violence and child abuse.

As a mostly pessimistic person who lacks self confidence, Coach Wooden’s maxim of “do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do” (as cited in Nguyen, 2014) inspired me to approach challenging situations with a positive attitude. Even if I think I cannot complete a task as well as I would like I cannot let that stand in the way of making, not just any attempt, but my best effort. Recently, I realized that my “can’t-do” attitude is contagious when my youngest son was disheartened by a homework assignment that seemed too difficult and said that he could not do it before he even tried. His negative attitude made upset me and all it took was for me to ask him a few probing questions about what he had to do so he could get started.

Our perceptions on challenges and drawbacks can have an effect on our pursuit of achievement. Roger has devoted his profession to assisting individuals to overcome the obstacles and focus on achieving their objectives through changing their point of view to positivity. In the light of articulations surrounding positive attitude, he demonstrates to us the efforts required to develop a deeper understanding of the demeanor effects and how it influences our execution and the results we desire to attain. The book is absolutely fit for pursuers as it would help to figure out how to succeed with all

It’s not always case-breaking finds at one o’clock in the morning, exhilarating oral arguments or massive jury trials. Instead, days are spent crafting discovery plans, drafting and editing briefs, receiving criticism from colleagues, outlining arguments and reading filings from opposing parties all while trying to balance the multitude of other aspects of daily life. A Civil Action addressed this truth. It addressed the financial difficulties certain career paths can take and also addressed the effects a legal career can have on personal relationships. It is, of course, difficult to generalize the application of one story to the entire field, but a realistic understanding is more useful than ideas of grandeur. Knowing this reality prior to really beginning my undergraduate career allowed me to remain focused, develop the skills I needed, and maintain a realistic understanding of how to prepare for law school. Every class I completed, every group I participated in and every job I’ve held has been in furtherance of my goals to become an attorney. This lesson from A Civil Action helped provide a necessary

The Purpose of this paper is to apply the 10 steps developed by (Browne & Keeley, 2010) and I will apply those methods on the following memo. A memo was drafted by Ms. Mary Ford (personal communication, January 30, 2012) who is Director of Amalgamated Public Employees Union (APEU) Local No. 121 to Mr. Hector Fuentes the President of APEU Local No. 121 on the issue on New Mexico State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Outsourcing, proposed by the New Mexico Governor Gloria Gainor. This is response memo to the Governor’s (personal communication, October 20, 2011) letter informing the APEU Local No. 121 the intent to

When the Judge admonished the Jury, he told them they must reach a unanimous decision beyond a reasonable doubt. The "hero" of this movie appears to be Henry Fonda, the first juror to vote "not guilty". He kept challenging the evidence by saying "isn 't it possible?"...that the evidence was wrong. Do some critical thinking on this...using a good paragraph answer if "isn 't it possible?" is the same thing as "beyond a reasonable doubt." Start with a “yes” or “no” and then eleaborate.

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It can be difficult to muster up the motivation and dedication required to obtain success as some days can be more demanding than others. For example, keeping a happy and healthy relationship can be difficult especially over time, but if each person is willing to work towards this common goal of happiness, it is possible for the relationship to last compared to a couple that has given up hope of resurrecting the love that was once between them which ultimately ended in separation. It is so important to be willing to work towards not only success but happiness as they should typically go hand in hand. Although certain obstacles may sometimes seem too difficult to overcome, at the end of the day, any amount of effort will inevitably bring you closer to