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Discussion 1
Prepare: In preparation for discussing the importance of critical thinking skills, please read the following articles: Critical Thinking and the Challenges of Internet (Links to an external site.)and Common Misconceptions of Critical Thinking. You may also read other applicable sources found under the Week Four Resources tab to gain a better understanding of what it takes to be a critical thinker. | ||||||||
Reflect: Reflect on the characteristics of a critical thinker. What makes you a critical thinker? Critical thinking gets you involved in a dialogue with the ideas you read from others in this class. To be a critical thinker, you need to be able to summarize, analyze, hypothesize, and evaluate new information that you encounter. | ||||||||
Write: For this discussion, you will address the following prompts. Keep in mind that the article or video you’ve chosen should not be about the topic “critical thinking,” but should be about someone making a statement, claim, or argument. One source should demonstrate good critical thinking skills and the other source should demonstrate the lack or absence of critical thinking skills. Personal examples should not be used.
Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length, which should include a thorough response to each prompt. You are required to provide in-text citations of applicable required reading materials and/or any other outside sources you use to support your claims. Provide full reference information of all sources cited at the end of your response. Please use correct APA format when writing in-text citations (Links to an external site.)and references (Links to an external site.). Discussion 2
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a) Identify the global societal issue you have chosen to research for your Final
Argumentative Essay and explain why further research on this topic is important.
Minimum wage will be my topic of discussion. I settled on it since I feel that it is a topic that
affects most of the locals and also I can clearly relate with it. Most of our countrymen are
affected with it and they have nobody to refer to
b) Provide a clear and concise thesis statement that includes a solution to the global societal
issue.
The idea of minimum wage in general is a good one however is the standard amount of
minimum wage really enough to live off of? Looking further in to this you will see that not only
is minimum wage currently not enough to live off of but a raise in the minimum wage is never
enough to help anyone. The idea is for everyone who works to be able to make at least minimum
wage so why is it that we have people who work full time making minimum wage and yet they
are still living well below the poverty level. Who really benefits from minimum wage and an
increase in minimum wage if it isn’t the poor? We as a country should be taking a long hard look
at the cost of living and figuring out a way to get those people who work full time making
miming wage out of poverty. An increase is great but is the increase really enough? Is it really
benefiting the people who need it most? These are all questions...