Most recent public comments by Kassidy Reid https://nowcomment.com/users/94736 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253210?scroll_to=2375468 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253210?scroll_to=2375468 When no one knows you or even knows who you are, you can present yourself as anyone and no one will question it or judge you based off of preconceived notions. But once you make an impression on people, one way or another, you always be that person to them. Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:53:53 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=2342618 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=2342618 I'll take this one. Fri, 19 Feb 2021 02:12:05 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247448?scroll_to=2339301 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247448?scroll_to=2339301 I see this too often and I personally have urges sometimes t give up on a problem that takes too much effort to solve. I know many times in Calculus class I have to redo a problem 10 times before I am able to get it right on my own. I know that I could just look in the back of the book and write down an answer but the relief of finally getting it is such a perfect feeling. Too many students are missing out on this feeling of accomplishment. They lack the drive. Often times I think about the end to motivate myself in the beginning. Just thinking about how great it will feel to exercise my mind and feel success is enough to give me a little push. Wed, 21 Jul 2021 14:16:19 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247448?scroll_to=2339289 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247448?scroll_to=2339289 I honestly really enjoyed reading through this article. As I was reading each Habit of Mind I was thinking about if I employed these habits. After all, these are habits of the most intelligent individuals. One that stood out to me the most was "Listening with Understanding and Empathy". The article says that the ability to listen to another person's point of view is a major indicator of intelligent behavior. This is one of my own personal qualities that I have believed to be a bad quality. Simply because I am constantly changing and adapting my opinions based on the words of others (which alludes to another habit, "thinking flexibly"). The article mentions "attending" to another person and their opinions. This has been a helpful tool of persuasion for me. You will never be able to change someone's mind by spouting off your own opinion without referencing the opinion of the person you are speaking too. You have to not only think about their opinion's but understand why they think this way. Doing this will aide in coming up with a rebuttle or response that actually gets the person to listen. I do this often. Politics and the issues of the world are often a topic of conversation for my family. I have always had different political beliefs than my family and I have been brushed off as "too young" many times. However, when I meet them with an intelligent response that challenges their outdated beliefs, they actually listen. Fri, 20 May 2022 13:49:10 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2284762 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2284762 We might create a new opinion that is based on insight from different perspectives and has adapted with the progress of time. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 19:14:03 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2284759 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2284759 How boring is life if all you do is sit around people that have the same exact opinion as you? How can you ever be challenged? Fri, 22 Jan 2021 15:57:48 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2284757 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2284757 How can you discover anything new if you already have the mindset that you know everything? Fri, 22 Jan 2021 15:54:07 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2284755 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2284755 You might not need to let go of your opinions but you should always be willing to if a new perspective opens your eyes and helps you to see things in a way you have never seen them. You also have to be willing to fully hear this new perspective, rather than dismiss it because it is different from your own opinion. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:49:53 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2284698 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2284698 It does not matter how physically similar we are. We all have different family, experiences, trauma, mindsets, and we were all raised differently. We can never accurately debate how valid someone's response to something is because all we know is how we would respond. We never know how someone else is wired based on their past, present, and future. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:55:31 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2284692 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2284692 I feel like throughout my life I have always been positioned in this place of uncertainty, always seeing both sides and being able to adapt my opinion. I guess what I have learned is not everything is exact. Everything depends on something else and everyone should be willing to see that not everything is black and white. Some things require continued thought and listening to other perspectives. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:55:31 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2284675 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2284675 Yes, sometimes "we're not capable of figuring things out alone." Maybe it is because we have never experienced the thing in question or maybe we have always been on the wrong side of the situation. Either way, a new perspective can make everything clearer. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:55:31 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2284668 https://nowcomment.com/documents/251070?scroll_to=2284668 This is something that allows my mother and I to have a good relationship. She is an extremely good parent because from many parents and adults I have observed, she is one of few that admits that she is wrong sometimes and will hear my side of things and actually apologize to me for her initial reaction. She does not just assume she is right because she is the parent and she was raised one way. She always listens to me and understands when things might need to be done differently and stray from what she knows. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:55:31 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2248286 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2248286 I believe that the film is heavily centered around Jack and his relationship with the men. This aspect of the film presents an intimacy theme on the way those with disabilities view the people in their lives. These relationships often take a toll on the people that care for those with disabilities. Jack puts it best when him and his wife are having a meeting with the marriage counselor and his wife suggests that he feels guilty about having to take care of himself. His job is a difficult one and many people do not consider this. He says slightly angry about his wife's proposition "They do deserve better, I deserve better, somebody deserves better." Thu, 17 Dec 2020 13:09:24 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/238201?scroll_to=2175812 https://nowcomment.com/documents/238201?scroll_to=2175812 Fri, 30 Oct 2020 14:22:43 -0400