Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Critical thinking: A necessary skill in the age of spin

Source:  www.ideapod.com

 The ability to think critically is one skill separating innovators from followers. Critical thinking reduces the power of advertisers, and can help us see through the illusions that are regularly created by the media and power players.

This is a skill we all need to learn because it gives us more control.

We are surrounded by illusions, and we are constantly being presented with information from everywhere: friends, parents, the Internet, films, television, radio, newspapers and magazines, and we need to be able to analyze the input.

I think this starts in the classroom: Rather than focusing on route learning and passing exams, we should be teaching kids to critically analyze and think for themselves.

What the about the adults particularly that they are passing for another milestone in their lives this coming election 2016 because they will be selecting for people to lead them?  This also holds true and significant to them.

They should not just rely on their personal impressions, feelings and emotions for their choices.  It needs weighing and careful analysis and not just wishful thinking.  Every adult voting Filipino should not only be thinking of themselves, of the present but of the future of all.

Well, there are enough tips, guides and standards to follow.  What only needed is the willingness to follow it even if the passing candidate is disliked personally hence it is not about you and I, of ones satisfaction.  It is about our country and our people.

What do you think?

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