-: When you get an assignment that says, you know,
pick the best option and explain why,
it's the explain why that really matters.
It's not the option that you choose.
Really contemplating and considering the variables
involved with that choice are the critical thinking.
Trying to understand the pros and cons of something.
You know, you see people making
pro and con lists all the time.
In a sense that's critical thinking.
You're looking at both sides of an argument
and trying to understand why that particular option
is a good one or a bad one.
And maybe you end up with a different answer
because after you've done your analysis you realize
oh this is actually not very good.
So just going through that critical analysis,
even with the mundane, even with the simple things,
is a good way to just work that muscle in your brain.