Critical Thinking Helped Me Challenge Prejudice Sometimes we are teaching prejudice thinking without being aware Unintentional prejudice This past two years I have been learning more about critical thinking. It has been an interesting journey and I’d like to share some of the things that I have learned along the way. First let’s get a clearer idea of what critical thinking is. Everyone thinks, but what makes thinking into critical thinking? To understand that more clearly, let’s look at the effect critical thinking has on our minds. We can say that this effect......
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Why should I fact-check my beliefs? Epistemological Duties Can I Trust My Beliefs? It is hard to think of people that may want to have thoughts in which they cannot trust. we want to make sure that what we are thinking is right or at least makes sense. In other words, we constantly try to make sure that we are understanding things in the right way. Even if someone holds some ill intentions, such a person will do whatever she wants to do based on the picture she has about the world. That......
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I Don’t Know & I Don’t Care Thinking Apathy in Kids Do Kids Want to Learn English, Really? I teach English in Peru, and have been teaching here for nearly six years offering private lessons mostly to children. Here in Peru, English language learning is a prized commodity as almost all colleges expect students to know at least two languages besides Spanish, and the job market demands English. But does anyone actually like the language? I have yet to have anyone come up to me and say, “I love English. It is such......
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