The Story That Lived Revised

I am the book; the book of dreams and encouragement. I introduce stories and lessons for people to apply to their own life. I give you morals to live by and commandments to keep your life on track. Typically, you can find me in hard cover or soft cover. I come in a large variety of sizes from pocket sized to larger than your lap. Nowadays you can even read me from your phone, PDA, or computer. Some read me alone while others read me with a group. You may read me once or multiple times depending on my influence on your life. I get quoted often, even by those who don't choose to read me. I am the holder of dreams. I am the artist of words. I am the Bible.

Though I am the only copy left to be read, many seek to find and read me. I may be the last copy in existence but my stories live on in many hearts. My stories are still told from memory. A group of people are taking my stories and trying to recreate me. Even though many people cannot read me they find remnants of me in their history of their art, buildings, and movies. People continuously search for me because I bring the power of the world in my words. People long to hear my words because they were written by one who is omniscient. I am the Bible. 

My Creator put enough into me that I am not just a book, I bring light to a gloomy world. I was created for the purpose of guidance and instruction. I will last forever whether it be in print or through the words of the faithful. My words will flow through existence and never stop bringing the glory of its master. I Am The Bible. 

The Story That Lived

I am the book; the book of dreams and encouragement. I introduce stories and lessons for people to apply to their own life. I give you morals to live by and commandments to keep your life on track. Typically, you can find me in hard cover or soft cover. I come in a large variety of sizes from pocket sized to larger than your lap. Nowadays you can even read me from your phone, PDA, or computer. Some read me alone while others read me with a group. You may read me once or multiple times depending on my influence on your life. I get quoted often, even by those who don't choose to read me. I am the holder of dreams. I am the artist of words. I am the Bible.

Though I am the only copy left to be read, many seek to find and read me. I may be the last copy in existence but my stories live on in many hearts. My stories are still told from memory. A group of people are taking my stories and trying to recreate me. Even though many people cannot read me they find remnants of me in their history of their art, buildings, and movies. People continuously search for me because I bring the power of the world in my words. People long to hear my words because they were written by one who is omniscient. I am the Bible. 

My Creator put enough into me that I am not just a book, I bring light to a gloomy world. I was created for the purpose of guidance and instruction. I will last forever whether it be in print or through the words of the faithful. My words will flow through existence and never stop bringing the glory of its master. I Am The Bible. 

Common Sense is not so common anymore....

         Common sense is not so common anymore. Without common sense we lack reasoning skills which can change the way we see the world. Strong Critical Thinking and reasoning skills build a stronger America. As most have seen within the last few years the United States is losing its critical thinkers. People don’t look into what they are hearing, they take what is being said by anyone as raw fact; this eliminates all reasoning skills. With peoples reasoning on the constant decrease we need to find a new way to increase these skills and I propose teaching these skills in school. Requiring these skills are taught in schools will ensure that each student learns the importance of critical thinking. Introducing reasoning skills to these people while they are still young will make their reasoning skills come fluidly and without thought. It becomes habit. 

Imagine a world with no reasoning skills, we would all be a group of robots doing whatever someone told us to do because we would not have half a mind to say that what they are asking of us is not in any way reasonable. A great example of this would be my 2 year old little sister. Like any other 2 year old, she does just about anything my parents ask of her, without a blink of an eye. The other day my Dad was playing with her and told her to smell his foot, just to see if she would do it, and of course she did it. At her age she is not expected to have very good reasoning skills but I have seen teenagers, old enough to know what a silly request is, smell my Dad’s foot. Thats just not right, at that age their reasoning skills should be more sharp and reasonable (no pun intended) than to smell another persons foot. Steven Kalas explores this issue in his article Human Matters, he explains “There is nothing more important an education can provide a child than to foster a hunger to think critically and the tools to know how”. I couldn’t have said it better.

  Schools can make more critical thinkers but traditionally parents and role models have been responsible for children’s reasoning skills. Before the last few years this has been a great way to teach these skills. Parents influence their children so much that, with good reasoning skills, they could create the best critical thinkers. My parents are those kind of parents, so much logic to share, who have raised me around using logic. I have grown to question everything thanks to those two lovely people. My parents have had a huge influence on my reasoning skills. This has worked remarkably in the past and there is a possibility of it continuing. 

Critical thinking is incredibly important to keep us on our tows doing our research. Teaching reasoning skills in schools will ensure the wisdom of our students, they will touch the stars. Reasoning skills are golden, they make me different from you and you different from the next guy. Through reasoning we learn things that we would have never been introduced to before.  

We use to learn critical thinking through the important people in our life; as the years go bye less and less people learn these skills from their loved ones or role models. Teaching critical thinking in schools will ensure that each student gets the opportunity to know how to speculate and interpret everything they encounter accurately. Each student deserves to understand how to do this, so lets give this gift to them by introducing critical thinking skills in schools everywhere. 

Common Sense is not so common anymore....

         Common sense is not so common anymore. Without common sense we lack reasoning skills which can change the way we see the world. Strong Critical Thinking and reasoning skills build a stronger America. As most have seen within the last few years the United States is losing its critical thinkers. People don’t look into what they are hearing, they take what is being said by anyone as raw fact; this eliminates all reasoning skills. With peoples reasoning on the constant decrease we need to find a new way to increase these skills and I propose teaching these skills in school. Requiring these skills are taught in schools will ensure that each student learns the importance of critical thinking. Introducing reasoning skills to these people while they are still young will make their reasoning skills come fluidly and without thought. It becomes habit. 

Imagine a world with no reasoning skills, we would all be a group of robots doing whatever someone told us to do because we would not have half a mind to say that what they are asking of us is not in any way reasonable. A great example of this would be my 2 year old little sister. Like any other 2 year old, she does just about anything my parents ask of her, without a blink of an eye. The other day my Dad was playing with her and told her to smell his foot, just to see if she would do it, and of course she did it. At her age she is not expected to have very good reasoning skills but I have seen teenagers, old enough to know what a silly request is, smell my Dad’s foot. Thats just not right, at that age their reasoning skills should be more sharp and reasonable (no pun intended) than to smell another persons foot. Steven Kalas explores this issue in his article Human Matters, he explains “There is nothing more important an education can provide a child than to foster a hunger to think critically and the tools to know how”. I couldn’t have said it better.

  Schools can make more critical thinkers but traditionally parents and role models have been responsible for children’s reasoning skills. Before the last few years this has been a great way to teach these skills. Parents influence their children so much that, with good reasoning skills, they could create the best critical thinkers. My parents are those kind of parents, so much logic to share, who have raised me around using logic. I have grown to question everything thanks to those two lovely people. My parents have had a huge influence on my reasoning skills. This has worked remarkably in the past and there is a possibility of it continuing. 

Critical thinking is incredibly important to keep us on our tows doing our research. Teaching reasoning skills in schools will ensure the wisdom of our students, they will touch the stars. Reasoning skills are golden, they make me different from you and you different from the next guy. Through reasoning we learn things that we would have never been introduced to before.  

We use to learn critical thinking through the important people in our life; as the years go bye less and less people learn these skills from their loved ones or role models. Teaching critical thinking in schools will ensure that each student gets the opportunity to know how to speculate and interpret everything they encounter accurately. Each student deserves to understand how to do this, so lets give this gift to them by introducing critical thinking skills in schools everywhere. 

Common Sense is not so common anymore....

Common sense is not so common anymore. Without common sense we lack reasoning skills which can change the way we see the world. Strong critical thinking and reasoning skills build a stronger America. As most have seen within the last few years the United States is losing its critical thinkers. People don’t look into what they are hearing, they take what is being said by anyone as raw fact; this eliminates all reasoning skills. With peoples reasoning on the constant decrease we need to find a new way to increase these skills and I propose teaching these skills in school. Requiring these skills are taught in schools will ensure that each student learns the importance of critical thinking. Introducing reasoning skills to these people while they are still young will make their reasoning skills come fluidly and without thought. It becomes habit. 

Imagine a world with no reasoning skills, we would all be a group of robots doing whatever someone told us to do because we would not have half a mind to say that what they are asking of us is not in any way reasonable. A great example of this would be my 2 year old little sister. Like any other 2 year old, she does just about anything my parents ask of her, without a blink of an eye. The other day my Dad was playing with her and told her to smell his foot, just to see if she would do it, and of course she did it. At her age she is not expected to have very good reasoning skills but I have seen teenagers, old enough to know what a silly request is, smell my Dad’s foot. Thats just not right, at that age their reasoning skills should be more sharp and reasonable (no pun intended) than to smell another persons foot. Steven Kalas explores this issue in his article Human Matters, he explains “There is nothing more important an education can provide a child than to foster a hunger to think critically and the tools to know how”. I couldn’t have said it better.

  Schools can make more critical thinkers but traditionally parents and role models have been responsible for children’s reasoning skills. Before the last few years this has been a great way to teach these skills. Parents influence their children so much that, with good reasoning skills, they could create the best critical thinkers. My parents are those kind of parents, so much logic to share, who have raised me around using logic. I have grown to question everything thanks to those two lovely people. My parents have had a huge influence on my reasoning skills. This has worked remarkably in the past and there is a possibility of it continuing. 

Critical thinking is incredibly important to keep us on our tows doing our research. Teaching reasoning skills in schools will ensure the wisdom of our students, they will touch the stars. Reasoning skills are golden, they make me different from you and you different from the next guy. Through reasoning we learn things that we would have never been introduced to before.  

We use to learn critical thinking through the important people in our life; as the years go bye less and less people learn these skills from their loved ones or role models. Teaching critical thinking in schools will ensure that each student gets the opportunity to know how to speculate and interpret everything they encounter accurately. Each student deserves to understand how to do this, so lets give this gift to them by introducing critical thinking skills in schools everywhere. 

Technologies Influence on Our Youth

Over the years more and more people use the technology to aid them; with those years comes younger and younger users of these amazing yet harmful devices. Children and young adults are taking advantage of the advances in our technology and it is hurting their ability to problem solve and use that remarkable thinking brain the good Lord gave us. Math classes in elementary schools encourage that their students use calculators, English classes push them to use online dictionaries (whatever happened to the good old paperback dictionaries where you took 3 minutes out of your day to look it up the definition?), and instead of using the notes they diligently took in class students are resorting to the internet to answer all of the questions from their homework for them.

As a former AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) student, I understand the importance of problem solving and using my noggin to work problems out, this knowledge is shared with the lovely students I tutor twice a week. One of the reoccurring issues these students have had is their inability to think independently from technology. We constantly have simple math problems, like 60-15, and without fail they reach for their calculator; some teachers are starting to call this the students’ brains, with good reason. Where did the discipline of simple math go? Should it even be called “simple” math? It seems incredibly hard for these students, and they are not dumb.  Don’t get me wrong I completely agree with the speed and accuracy of calculators, but at some point we need to draw definite line when a calculator should and should not be used.  Researchers from the Journal for Research in Mathematics say that, “negative calculator effects outweigh the benefits of calculator use”.  

Though students’ dependence on calculators is rising I have also witnessed a difference in student’s use of the internet for their English classes. About a week ago my brother came home with a list of vocabulary words with which he was supposed to look up the definitions and bring them back to his teacher the next day. He insisted that dictionary.com was the only place he could get the accurate definitions for this project. He knew he did not have to type in the actual definition but wanted to ‘copy and paste’ the definition.  When he was told to use a normal paperback dictionary he exclaimed how hard it was for him to use that. The lack of practice with an everyday dictionary was apparent, but we need to be aware of the danger of the overuse of this website. Students are becoming completely dependent on technology and in turn, are losing their ability to use their brain.  

Back when I was in Junior High, students would use their notes and provided textbooks to find the answers on our worksheets. Nowadays, students us the internet to find most, if not all of the answers to their worksheets rather than using the notes they took in class as a reference to answer the questions. According to this article I found online, “students prefer electronic media to printed media”. This phenomenon is a product of our own lazy minds passed down from generation to generation. If used correctly our technology can make our younger generations wiser, but as it stands we are enabling our youth to become lazier than human kind has ever been.

Many different things affect the ability of our brains, whether it is negative or positive these influences will continue to grow. Technology is a great tool for anyone; we just need to be aware of the effects of overuse. As our generation gets older, their logic skills are getting weaker and weaker and I feel that if we limit the use of technology while in school our students will learn to be more wise in using their problem solving skills. The world’s best mathematician of the 21st century did not get there by using calculators all of the time; no he practiced and practiced to make sure his math skills were superb. I don’t think he could have reached this point depending on calculators to do his math all of the time Best Mathematition Of the 21sh Centry.

like I said

ITS BLOGGIN TIME!