Metacognition ! Thinking about the Thought We Were Thinking Before We Thought It!

Going into the critical thinking workshop, I did not have many specific expectations. From working with BLF, I have learned to keep an open mind about EVERYTHING and to expect the unexpected. Nothing is ever as simple as it seems and nothing is ever as surface deep as it appears. I was very excited to go to Museum because analyzing art has always been a favorite activity of mine. After going through the workshop, I learned to look at everything deeper than the surface. If one takes the time to sufficiently analyze something, he could probably find a much less superficial meaning than the one that is present. The woman's comment about how most people only take about 7 seconds to view each piece really resonated with me about my own world. One thing that I learned, which is pretty consistent with the aforementioned concepts, is that I do not take the appropriate time to properly analyze the world around me and that I could probably find more beauty in the world if i did. I am almost positive that I was able to say anything and everything about the workshop during the workshop, due to the fact that I was very active and talkative during the session. But during the workshop, a strong appreciative emotion hit me hard! I'm not sure why, but at that moment, I realized just how blessed I am to be in a premier leadership program such as Buckeye Leadership Fellows. All of the resources available and the connections which could potentially be made are so imperative that one would kill for such an opportunity! I have numerous opportunities to make and maintain many connections with so many other students and alumni through this program. I can truly say that this program has impacted my overall college experience in a positive way! I feel as if BLF values Critical Thinking so much because they are trying to develop us into the best leaders we can possibly be. Being a great leader involves being able to think fast on one's feet when times are not going as planned. One must also be able to think abstractly and outside of the box. Most times, in order to achieve something, one must contemplate an idea in a way which it has never been thought about before. BLF wants us to be innovators, therefore we must be able to think like innovators. All of these lessons will be utilized in the upcoming challenge because I am going to take my new pattern of thinking and analyzing to into the forefront of the challenge. These things will be used when the initial planning and executing of the challenge is taking place.



Part Dos!!!

 This scene here is the path that I walk across every day when I am going to class. I will use the ODIP method to analyze this picture.

Observe:
I see wet decaying leaves on the ground. The air is very cloudy. It appears as if it had rained recently. The trees are still bare and the grass looks muddy and soft. Many students are walking across the yard and it appears as if there is an increase in traffic influx at the corner of the intersection.

Describe:
The ground looks as if one would slip and fall if he were running too fast. Someone would sink into the marshy grass if he stepped on it. The ground is saturated with water and very moist. The scene is gray and appears very sad and depressing. The glass structure to the left is like a prizm that was placed in the ground.

Interpret:
The area gives me a very depressed feeling, especially on this day. The picture is gray and wet and cold and simply gives an overall unwelcoming feeling. However, the glass prizm on the left side makes one think of innovation and what could possibly be done to the land to improve its current state.

Prove:
I do not exactly remember how to use this point in the ODIP system but i  feel as if this is the section where we reveal what exactly was going on when this photo was taken. I had just gotten out of a midterm, and the weather was particularly bad on this day. I was already overwhelmed by the midterm and the thought of all the work i still had left to do and i believe that this was incorporated into the picture and was essentially carried over into my interpretation.