Session 4

I believe I have truth seeking, open minded and systematic attitudes of a critical thinker. Truth seeking because I do feel that getting to the end of a problem is the key to taking something to the next step, even if we don't like the outcome we can only progress through certain aspects. It is essential to have a full understanding on the whole situation and the only way to do this is truth seeking which I have never been afraid of. Open minded because I never judge someone or something before finding out his or her points of view and maybe I am wrong and that person is right so I always hold a slot open for another persons views or opinion, I never shut it out completely. I am one who will admit im wrong if proven wrong. I believe im systematic simply because when I explain something I start from the very beginning and end off so that I leave no questions unanswered. I give step by step points leading to the end. In a debate or conversation its always necessary to give evidence to back up what you said. I tend to always say where I got my source from or how I reached the conclusion.\
I would like to cultivate the Mature attitude and self confident, maturity because sometimes its too early to predict or reach a conclusion without knowing more information and I feel like I skip a lot of info that is needed to hasten the destination of the conclusion. If I can take my time and wait and have patience I feel like this could benefit me more in the long run. Self confidence because this is a very key aspect in anyone's life, to achieve something you must have total self confidence and the ability not to doubt yourself. Sometimes in university life I would tend to think I know the information after reading it once although I need more time on it. If I can master fully understanding something before moving on it would benefit me greatly.
I believe I could achieve this by exposing myself to certain disciplines which I usually wouldn't dwell in, such as for self confidence I would take time to read something and come back to it an hour later, and keep repeating this method till it became a habit.


From viewing the video, I believe the professor is correct, it really depends on the given circumstance of the situation, you can not label people into different learning styles just by one performance or many performances leading to the same outcome. There will be a circumstance where that specific learner learns a different way. Critical thinking allows the learner to evaluate the whole situation before stepping foot into something, the professor talks about how a good teacher is a good teacher, I whole heartedly agree because it is very common to mistake good teaching as someone who has been labeled as a visual learner etc. Using critical thinking there is no labels its a total recall of the situation and assessing it thoroughly before starting the process.


The time I was creative was when I had the idea at paintballing, my strategy was to go around the enemy by means of stealth. It stemmed from when both teams were at a stale mate and we needed to advance in order to win. I had to think of something, and so I had the creative idea of dividing and conquering. The experience of being creative gave an essence of leadership, it gave me that feeling of control, because displaying your idea to a number of people while in a hectic situation is a feeling of control. I foster my creativity because in a time where nothing is at peace or your heart is pacing fast there is an essence of leadership and control, this is very hard to do especially if your mind is focused on the game. As you know paintball is not easy and requires skill not to be hit, I encourage leadership and control to overcome obstacles which was our opposition at the time. This can be used in life to, to accomplish something you must be willing to face the fear. A lot of things can block your creativity such as shyness, fear or lack of direction. These are road blocks stopping us from our destination. In order to pass these road blocks we must be willing to do something we usually don't do.


Key information on virtual tour: Connection to practice, connection to theory, creative thinking skills, thinking outside the box, questioning skills, problem solving.