In high school you were taught just to think in
general about a broad subject and not analyze the subject. Critical thinking is
a kind of thinking that college professors are expecting in class and out of
class. There is a lot of out of class work that involves critical thinking
because when you think critically you learn how to become independent, analyze,
be self- directed, and help you in life to avoid making mistakes in important
life decisions.
In my social issues class, critical thinking was
the first topic we went into detail in. After learning that critical thinking
was a key component in our college careers and in our lives I learned how to
slowly make myself become a critical thinker. I think this is important because
like I said before, every professor is expecting you to be critical thinker and
think outside the box and analyze every single detail of whatever you may
talking about or learning about. I believe that critical thinking is definitely
very important to learn and have for the rest of our lives because that is how
we learn about things and people that cross our paths.
To be a critical thinker you have to identify,
analyze, and evaluate arguments or topics. Without any of these three keep
components then you are failing at critical thinking and are not thinking
critically. The way I have been applying these skills throughout my semester so
far has been to do these exact three key components when I read articles or
readings for class and when I study and go over what we have been learning in
class while studying. By doing this it has helped me understand what I have
been learning in class better and be able to argue in class discussions better
by listening to the other side of the argument and then explaining my side of
the argument to make sense to the other side. Over all, I believe that I have
progressed with my critical thinking skills and will still improve as the
semester goes on.
Being a critical thinker is helpful not only in
college but also in our futures when we're older. It is always a good thing to
know how to argue and analyze arguments the right way, which is by critical
thinking!
Hope you become one soon and if you are one then keep applying those
skills to your daily lives!
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