Critical Thinking

To me, critical thinking means using your own analyitcal techniques to discern a certain question in a given assignment or just using said analytical techniques to solve everyday problems. When I use my critical thinking techniques I usually either use logical reasoning or the process of elimination in order to solve my everyday problems and my assignments. The certain aspects of my critical thinking skills were developed as I grew up learning how certain things worked and how to analyze certain people in order to get around in life while understanding what is going on around me.

As I use my critical thinking skills to advance in my life because I always find the results more satisfying that I achieved so using my abilities in opposed to acting upon emotions. To me acting upon one's emotions is an unsightly thing to do, and before you start jumping on me I will give you my opinion why it is unsightly. In contrast to my beliefs upon critical thinking, acting upon one's emotions is similar to playing a game of risk because one can only assume what the results can produce, not providing a guaranteed outcome. For me acting upon my emotions usually provides me with results I do not want and has been a recurring issue growing up. But as I matured so did my abilities to use critical thinking or my logical reasoning, enabling me to decipher which method I use will produce the closest to ideal result.

My use of critical thinking in media involves seeing through the implications or lies that the media attempts to instill upon those who view their material. For example; fast food industries making people obese, which is incorrect. The correct answer is that people who are not physically active and do not eat a healthy diet are the reasons why people are becoming obese. That is only one of many reasons why I turn away from media and retain my own critical thinking skills over accepting the media's empty lies. Politics use similar tactics as well in order to persuade people to vote for a certain canidate.

As for this class English 103 Online, I more than highly doubt that it will change any of my current perspective that I retain. I have three reasons why I say this: the first is that I grew up in a rather undesirable manner and knowing how ugly people can be, the second is that I choose to use my own techniques when dealing with issues that require analysis and dislike when other people "suggest" things for me, the third is that I'm just plain stubborn. I went through a lot of good and bad things in my life and wish to remain as I am regardless of what others wish for me to be because in the end the only one who truly can define your character, is yourself.