Reflection Paper for Critical Reading Class (500 words)

Write a reflection Paper in MLA/ first person (One paragraph per prompt/idea and a total of 500 words for the entire assignment.) What assignment(s) (inside or outside of class/ graded or ungraded) did you find the most valuable in your journey as a critical reader and critical thinker? How did they help you in becoming a better critical reader/critical thinker? What connections can you make from these assignments to life outside of this class?

How have you changed as a critical thinker? Use terminology nave thinker, selfish critical thinker, fair-minded thinker; Stage 1: Dualism, Stage 2: Multiplicity Stage 3: Contextual Relativism, Stage 4: Committed Relativism (Links to an external site.); Intellectual Standards on image above (address at least 2 intellectual standards). How have you changed as a critical reader?

What, if anything, you will do differently now that you have studied critical reading and critical thinking?

What are your overall thoughts and impressions about the process of critical thinking/reading and how it applies to your academic, personal, and/or career life?

This text goes with the last prompt/question for the reflection paper: [So graduates] with this fair-minded approach, challenge yourself to be more fully engaged to change your state of mind between the unknown and known; between hatred and empathy; between confusion and curiosity; between disarray and synthesis; between self and citizen; between apathy and action; and finally to change your state of mind to act and lead with personal congruence whether you are building something up or bringing the end to an unjust cause.

Dr. Dale's 2018

Reflect on the excerpt from Dr. Dale's 2018 commencement speech above. What connections can you make from this part of the commencement speech to your experiences in CRE101 and how you want to live your life after this class ends?