TV's Critical Thinking (part 1)

Academic Works:

As a dance minor, all of my dance classes require me to attend performances whether it'd be modern, ballet, jazz or cultural performances. I were to write a critic paper on my opinions of the performance from the choreography, costumes, expressions, and the music. In one of my first dance classes, I was so nervous to write the paper because I didn't really understood some of the performances since most of them weren't as obvious, especially modern dance. After many courses, I learned that dance is an art which has many interpretations depending on your own experiences and emotions at the time given. There was one spectacular performance called “Two Face” by the GMU Dance Company. I had to critically think of what the message was from the costumes, extraordinary and frightening facial expression, body movements, etc. From my emotions and the knowledge that I had of psychology studies, I interpreted that piece as someone who is diagnosed with bipolar personality struggling for attention. The facial expressions and odd body movements showed the internal pain aching within one's mind hoping someone could understand. Being able to think clearly and critically with reasonings and experiences helped me form an analysis of a masterpiece in a dance performance.

Written Text:

I have bible study with my Youth Group Staff and our Youth Pastor weekly. We've just recently learned how to really learn the bible and interpreting God's words into applications. As many mistakenly assume that the bible has many ways to interpret and it is done so according to our opinions and experiences, we've learned that the bible only has ONE correct answer. The bible was originated from Greek and over the years, people translated into different languages. During the process, of course some translation aren't very exact or has enough details from the original bible. Therefor, when we learn the bible, we need to have many sources with us, such as the Greek translation, the bible dictionary as well as the regular dictionary. On our last bible study, we studied on “The Parable of the Sower” (Mark 4: 1-20). Without being able to distinguish among facts, opinions, and inferences we weren't able to go in depths of why Jesus did what he did and what the meaning really is. We went back and analyze the time setting of that verse, too many definitions that relates to the verse from many sources, and also debate on what we believe the verse is about.

Non-written Text:

When it comes to critical thinking, I always go back to art. It is not so much as debating or arguing about one intelligent subject, but more of an observation and metaphoric interpretation with emotions and relevant experiences. We ask ourselves many questions that could possibly help us come to the conclusion of any work of art whether it be from a child or from a professional artists. I love to look at a child's work of art because there are so many meanings within it. My finance's younger brother was working on his project for class in which he had to decorate a brown bag with anything he wants that signifies who he is. When he showed it to me, I saw his name of course, brand names, different objects like candies and rice, chopsticks, etc. I observed it for awhile and realized that there are many things I haven't learned about this kid. When we observe any biographic art, we are actually looking at someone's heart.

Works Cited: The Bible (NIV), Mark 4:1-20