Critical Thinking Gone Wrong

One of the many places I enjoy looking at for news articles is www.comcast.net. This is a very conveinient site for me to look at because it is also where I have an email account. The article I looked at for this post was an article about police officers clocking a male driver in a 1993 Honda Civic going approximately 137mph. In this article you will see that there are a few things gone wrong with the critical thinking factor; the one specific critical thinking factor that I will focus on that has been violated is asking questions; be willing to wonder. In this article it states that the 21-year old male was clocked going 137 mph on interstate 84 in Orange County, California. It also states that the driver was ticketed for reckless driving and illegal tint on his windows. In this, I would say it violates the asking questions; be willing to wonder factor on the means of, have they taken a look at the vehicle and did they ask the driver what he was doing and why he was driving the speed he was. Also I would say it violates the willing to wonder, because have you ever thought about a broken spedometer. (Although going 137mph is pretty obvious that you are speeding...)

Information found at:

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-odd/20090219/ODD.Speeding.Ticket.137/

Research Challenges

My research challenge is in this class (IM 204), the struggles I am having is getting the information I am specifically looking for in able to successfully accomplish this project correctly. So far I have only been able to talk to one leader of the Outdoor Endeavors org, but am hoping to find more of the mutlicultural issues they are currently encountering in a future meeting I plan on setting up for next week. Another struggle I am having is figuring out the RIGHT kinds of questions to ask; I am very uncertain of the types of questions to ask in able to find out the information I need.

Campus Org/Research Progress

With the campus org/research progress I have been able to get a hold of Ivan, one of the organizations leaders in regards to assisting them in any multicultural issues they are currently experiencing. We have been communication via email, but I plan on setting up a meeting with Ivan or another member of the organization to see more in depth what I can do with the Outdoor Endeavors group. Slowly but surely things are moving along, as I hope things keep going smoothly and that there is significant progress in the near future.

Discussion #6

Q: Visit the Great River Regional Library OPAC and search for materials on your topic. What features were the same, and which were different? How many results did you get through the Great River OPAC compared to the Miller Center OPAC? Were they the type of books that you expected? Why or why not?

A: A lot of the features were the same with the SCSU library search device, the one thing that did stand out differently than SCSU was that once typed in the search you wanted a book would immediately be put at you. It would pick a book on or very similar to what you were looking for, it was a nice surprise because along with doing that you still have the option to search the catalog more. At the GRRL website I recieved many more book options than with the SCSU website; they were the type of books that I expected because of the broad topic I was given.