Response to Readings

               For Inquiry class we had to read many articles pertaining about time management, educated people, deep thinkers, and much more. Out of reading all these articles none caught my attention but two. These two being, “An Educated Person,” and “How to Become a Deep Thinker at College.” These made me really think and wonder what is the relationship between “the deep thinker at college” and the definition of the “educated person.”

                A deep thinker at college is a person that spends lots of time on their readings and studies and goes above and beyond to really understand them. The spend at least an hour more than needed on their readings just to fully grasp and understand what they are reading. They think outside of the “box” and look at the different perspectives of what it is they are reading. They put lots of time and effort into it.

                An educated person according to the article is a person that is able to evaluate and understand their readings. They are able to interpret it and see what the meanings are. They are able to understand their piece of writing and give their view on it. An educated person is a person built off of books and what they get out of it.

                To compare an “educated person” to a “deep thinker” will be very much similar in a way but also different. An educated person only will be able to understand what they are reading or studying in the way they see it and the way their books say so, but the deep thinker will be able to interpret the text beyond just what they see on paper. The deep thinker will be able to take the work beyond just what they read and provide many viewpoints and real understanding of the work and the different views on it.    

                Although they are different they are also alike as well. They both have an understanding of the text and what it is they studied. I think you will need to have a little of both. You will need to be able to understand the text and be able to analyze it but be able to view it in different ways. You will need to spend lots of time on your readings and fully understand what it is you are studying, and that’s what makes a good college student.