Critical Thinking Overcoming Barriers Matrix

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Critical Thinking: Overcoming Barriers Matrix Identify 6 barriers to critical thinking listed in your text. You may use the barriers you already identified in your Week 1 assignment to get you started or choose new ones. Enter the barriers in the first column of the table below. Provide an example from your personal, professional, or school life for each of the 6 barriers you choose. You may use the examples from your Week 1 assignment or choose new ones. Enter the examples from your life in the second column of the table below. Explain in 2- to 3-sentences how you can overcome each barrier you identify. Think about what you might do to overcome that barrier in that situation. Consider if that strategy or method would be useful in another situation. …show more content…
A few months ago, I was hit by a vehicle and had to report the incident to the police. The insurance company called a month later, I had to recall the incident again, and apparently some of the details were different. Being able to overcome this memorable event I could have tried to remember the details by recording the conversation or writing down precise details the night of the event. I could have taken pictures of the scene as well. I could Ask witness to provide information as well and see Stressing, Rationalizing Rationalizing, that I am older, I can’t remember as well as used to. How can I go back to school and work, raise my granddaughter and deal with my own handicaps? I can work with less physical restrictions if I do go to school and work on getting a degree. I decided to take online classes at UOP. Work part-time to raise my granddaughter, which was supposed to be temporary, but is turning into full-time. This way I can further my education, work part time where she can also attend afterschool. This way I can work on my degree, lower my hours even if need be and can physically not stress over my handicaps of not being able to lift over 20