Week 7 ; Ch.3 #1

When I read the story of Sally Ride, I was impressed with all the accomplishments she managed to go though. Not only was she one out of 35 picked for the astronaut class of 1978 out of more than 8,000 applicants, but she was also the youngest and the first female African astronaut in space. She is a great example of a role model for someone to pursue their goals in life. Looking back to chapter one, Ride was a critical thinker because she had analytical skills. had effective communication, had open-minded skepticism, and had creative problem solving skills. According to her friends from college, she was "calm and totally focused, always able to see the heart of things, quickly thought, figured out, and crystallized things." She sounded like a person that really had things going the way she wanted them to, and followed a successful path to life. I would think that she was the type of person that would always take problems into her own hands, and not depend on other people for things because she knew that she would be able to handle the situations on her own. I believe she was showing women that they can all do anything that men can do.