Inquiry and Critical Thinking
In my
mentor session I wrote a journal on
the movie Waco and I see it as a piece of writing that is very problem posing
and shows self motivation. As with all my work my aim for this assignment was to
really speak my mind as much as possible and introduce new ideas that
have risen
or contemplated in my mind. I took the journal as an opportunity to show
what I thought about good/bad, death, murder, American troops, the president,
and about people and how they truly
feel about suffering.
As I
mentioned before but will now elaborate, the goals that this journal met in ac
accordance with Inquiry and Critical Thinking. I went deeper into the subject
than probably expected and truly went outside and used the movie and the journal
not as a source but more as a reference or a guide that led to my true feelings
and thoughts. Another goal that the journal addresses is self motivation and
empowerment. I believe it shows through here. It illustrates how I am not simply
trying to get through the assignment but am self motivated to go further and
really explore the elements of the subject. In return I gain self empowerment in
learning because of the fact that I know there is always other view, truths, and
sides to something and that just
because everyone says your wrong doesn’t
mean you are, thank you Christopher Columbus.
If I
was able to change the journal I would not make it so repetitive and I would go
more in depth about the subject. I have developed the theory, idea, whatever you
want to call it, further and so I have a better
understanding now and I feel I could explain it wiser now. But none o f
my ideas and comments would change the same value structure would remain intact.
This journal was really aimed at everyone who could read and understand it
because I really belief I am correct, as far as my argument goes.
Well the paradoxes that I found in class as well as the contradictions with class discussions are present in the journal.