Hello and welcome to my blog/ reading journal. For my first new blog post of the semester I'm going to discuss what critical thinking means to me. Sounds challenging but after a few thoughts I realized I analyze things way more than I even noticed. Basically I see critical thinking as looking beyond something to metaphoric meaning, or simply challenging my ideas and thoughts. Most of that has to do with analyzing, in order to bring more understanding to something. As far as literature goes, I love to look beyond the words covering the pages. I find it delectably interesting that one can find so much more of a story when the diction of a novel is analyzed. It can interpreted from so many different perspectives. Yet this carries over to many different things that influence us everyday. I feel critical thinking has to be used in everyday life, or us as people would fall for the same old tricks politicians and media are always feeding us. It is defiantly a great life skill to be able to think critically about what those words really mean.
I am naturally a person that looks for the deeper meaning to everything therefore that habit translates into many facets of my life. I can understand more easily the meaning behind things than what is given to me at face value. Its hard to describe but I'm tuned into the metaphors of life, people, and even myself. Its reality I have a hard time understanding. I feel like certain things are more meaningful when they are not easily viewable by the average or untrained eyes. Yet sadly I do think critical thinking, similar to common sense, is being forgotten by the masses. This skill as I said is not used purely academically, it can as simple as thinking about something before acting on it. Pondering pro's, cons, and anything in between. Personally I think, my deeper thinking has helped push me into my chosen career of journalism and photography. A journalist has to be able to think critically on the spot, perhaps they're thrown a curve-ball in an interview, they have to be able to ponder the situation to come up with valid questions to regain a story. Its not that easy, especially on the spot. From a photography perspective critical thinking is used just to set up the shot let alone calculate light and color.
I think this class is going to help hone in my critical thinking skills, and also teach me a few different ways to approach the subject. Show me new ways to analyze and perhaps it may even show me a few more views of the world. Literature wise I do feel it can help improve my analysis skills, after all the more knowledge the better. One day I hope to write my own book and use these ideas to make something meaningful beyond the see-able diction. I feel what will be learned can be useable far beyond this class. It will also be interesting interacting with every one via the internet and learning new techniques from my bedroom but I'm excited for the challenge and new knowledge. Any who, that's about all I've got. Until next time.... Vanessa!! :)
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