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Training For the Three Ring Circus!

Submitted by Sue Pivetta on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 09:22

Training For The 3 Ring Circus
By Sue Pivetta
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NENA Emergency Communications Professional
April 2010

 A trained pony is not memorizing a right turn and a left turn, or considering if this move will result in a figure eight. The pony is reacting to the way the whip is pointing, he is in the moment. A critical thinker is in this moment, and other moments; the future and the past moments and even moments they have never experienced.  The critical thinker looks at the whip and decides if what the whip is indicating is truly the right direction to accomplish the desired goal – or not. Therefore the thinking must fully understand the desired goal first and foremost. For the accomplished critical thinker there is no compulsion to agree with the whip simply because it is expected, or may result in punishment.

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