10.05.2013

6V: "Energy and persistence conquer all things"

Today, I would like to talk about a few words that stood out in my classes this week...

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1. Persistence: Persistence is an extremely beneficial word to add to your vocabulary. The standard definition of this word is firmly continuing in a course of action despite any difficulty you come across. This word ties into the themes presented in my inquiry class this past week. College is a difficult hurdle for many people, and some do not have the innate persistence necessary to get a degree. Passing your college courses is not a task one accomplishes with minimal effort. There will be hurdles in your path that will take great energy and discipline to overcome. If you do not let those obstacles discourage you and continue pushing on toward your goals, you can accomplish anything.

The next two words are closely related and both were discussed in my Critical Thinking class...

2. & 3. Fallacy & Equivocation: There are no great lessons behind these words as there was behind the first, but they are terms I had never heard before this week. A fallacy is a deceptive or misleading argument. An equivocation is a type of fallacy in which ambiguous statements are used to confuse or mislead others. Both of these words relate to the subject of argument making. You cannot have a well composed argument with fallacies such as equivocations weaved within it.

 
 
 
Learning new words is part of the human experience. We have been doing it since we were infants and hopefully will continue to do so for the rest of our lives. If you take anything away from reading this post, let it be that you always remain persistent no matter what life throws at you and never stifle your inherent love for knowledge.

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