My Growth in Critical Thinking

The discussions in this class were very essential in helping me develop my critical thinking. I enjoyed reading my classmate’s posts immensely. I was always surprised by the different viewpoints and interpretations of our readings. The discussions helped me expand my understanding a little more and see things that I would not have noticed had a classmate not pointed it out. My discussion board post “Not so Hasty!” exhibits my critical thinking skills in how I analyzed Ellen Ullman’s essay “The Museum of Me”. Usually when I read something an opinion starts to form in my mind about the subject or author before I reach the second paragraph; but now I can say that when I read an article or essay, I do it with impartiality and then draw conclusions based on the evidence provided in the writer’s work.

After reading Ullman’s essay I came to the conclusion that: “she has some good points but I would not go so far as to label the internet as an asocial ‘me-ism’. Some people might take the internet to an extreme and become asocial, but that does not give anyone the right to deprive everyone else of the internet just because of a small minority’s weakness.” I found the elements of truth in her essay and evaluated the evidence to back them up and formed an opinion based on those truths without disregarding the author because of the few exaggerations she made.