Melissa MBAA Blog for ERAU

Some of the standards that are most important in my life include both critical-thinking and non-critical-thinking standards.   Growing up like many children my values and worldviews were formed based upon the non-critical-thinking standards of faith and love.     I had faith in what I was taught by my parents and school and the love of my family was the foundation of everything.   As I grew I expanded these standards to include achievements in sports and giving back.   I suppose the achievements in sports was a way to challenge myself to be the best that I could be and this carried into my future career as a display aerobatic pilot, US Team member, competitive wingsuit BASE jumper and display skydiver.   The standard of giving back was often expressed through volunteer work and eventually evolved into working with a non-profit school in Ghana and teaching.   I have always felt that it is important for me to recognize the very fortunate position that I...

Intellectual Perseverance Blog MSLD 500 ERAU MBAA by Melissa Andrzejewski Applying the SEE-I process to describing intellectual perseverance helps to formulate critical thinking and encourages a better understanding of a topic.   SEE-I also helps to clearly communicate your thoughts with others.      Noisich, G.M. (2012) describes the SEE-I process as the following: S:   State it.   E:   Elaborate [explain it more fully, in your own words]   “In other words, …” E:   Exemplify [gie a good example]   “For example, …” I:   Illustrate [give an illustration:   maybe a metaphor, a simile, an analogy, a diagram, a concept map, and so forth]   “It’s like, …” To begin we state the definition of intellectual perseverance as described in the assignment.     Valuable Intellectual Traits (2014) defines intellectual perseverance as the following:   Having a consciousness of the need to...