The Critical Thinking Monster

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The Critical Thinking Monster Critical thinking and critical thinker are the two most common words I heard from my college professors when I entered college. Many of us, including myself, have never really thought or consider what critical thinking is. It was like stepping into an unknown territory and I was terrified. Addressing that issue, author Bell Hooks wrote an article stating that “thinking is an action”. Hooks gave many examples of how students are resisting critical thinking. As a college student myself, I support Hooks’ view on the issue. Students are resisting critical thinking because they are unprepared and are afraid of making mistakes. Children are born as natural critical thinker but as they grow older, their abilities to think critically become more and more restricted by their parents and their teachers. (Hooks, 2009) I identified with the author on this point. As a child, everything before us is new and that aroused our curiosity. We used to doubt all sort of things and asked an insane amount of questions. That demonstrated our eagerness to learn and to reexamin...

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