Week of October 1 - October 7: #1

In Chapter 1 of Boss' text, a good critical thinker is someone who has characteristics of effective communication, creative problem solving, and attention, mindfulness, and curiosity (just to name a few). Sally Ride is a example of effective communication because she was able to speak and write to relate to her audience. People were able to understand what she said because she could efficiently communicate her thoughts to others. Because Ride loved to solve problems, this helped her creative problem solving skills. In the article, Outside the Box, it states that she was able to "clearly articulate and develop strategies to meet her life goals". I have no doubt that she would be able to think of different ways to solve one problem. Ride set her heart on the goals that she wanted and because of her attention to opportunities, mindfulness to what was happening around her, and curiosity for something she loved, she was able to become the first female American astronaut!