English Response: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family Genus, Species? Nope, Evaluation, Synthesis, Analysis, Application, Comprehension, Knowlege

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family Genus, Species

Evaluation, Synthesis, Analysis, Application, Comprehension, Knowledge

Forget binomial nomenclature. Linnaeus? Nah, he was full of it. Fungi, Animalia, Protista…yeah, his taxonomy is a thing of the past. There is a new craze sweeping the nation, and this time, we are moving on to bigger and better things. This time, we get to classify our own brains, not mere organisms. This time around, metacognition is key. Bloom is the new driving force here, not some Swedish dude with a name like Carolus.

Really now, what importance does Bloom’s Taxonomy play? Does one really have to evaluate how one thinks when the act of thinking takes place without us even realizing we are thinking? That is something to think about. Thinking takes place inside our heads nearly all the time. We don’t even realize we are doing it. Its like breathing or making our hearts beat. Our brains do that automatically; thinking is the same way. Has someone like Bloom ever stepped forward and tried to classify our breathing or heart beat? For the sake of my argument, I’m going to say that no, nobody ever has. So, why does Bloom have us thinking about thinking? And better yet, why does he think he can classify thinking into separate parts? The whole thing is a little confusing when you look at it in that perspective I think…there I go again, thinking again. Huh, I guess this Bloom character was onto something. Maybe thinking isn’t just automatic.

Here is something worth thinking about, are Homo sapiens (that’s binomial nomenclature for humans if you didn’t know—thanks Carolus) the only organisms capable of thinking? Oh, the thinks you can think.