During this week we covered three different articles and had a group activity.

I had a text-to-self connection with the hot topic article this week named: “North Carolina Teen Detained at Airport for Using Travel Hack to Cut Costs, Dad Says”. This source reminded me of when I was booking a plane ticket to Prague in the Czech Republic and realized how expensive these flights really were. I can relate to the parents wanting to save money by using travel hacks such as getting off before your next connecting flight.

I had a text-to-text connection connection with the article “Top 10 Qualities that Make a Great Leader”. As I read an article called “How to Define Your Purpose as a Leader ” in my SLC 450 class. Which went over some of the same qualities as the reading we had this week such as honesty, communication, etc… This text is different from other similar text I have read though as it gave examples of how each of these qualities can represent a strong leader.

Finally I had a text-to-world connection in the article called “How to Live With Purpose, Identify Your Values and Improve Your Leadership”. This article made me evaluate my values and evaluate the values of leaders I know such as my boss Woody last summer. I think this is a text to world example for me though because it has a great point of reminding you to check your values frequently and often. I feel this does not happen in the real world with every decision you make and is unrealistic to say you can do so.