Implementing Critical Thinking in Students’ Daily Lives

Critical thinking is the capacity to consider and reason through the issues at hand in order to evaluate the importance and meaning of assertions and arguments (Doyle., 2019). A person is able to evaluate himself and come to a fair conclusion in this manner.

I left around 8.20 a.m. even though the lesson started at 9 a.m. I was frightened about being late at the moment. I was debating whether I should use a cab, bus, or train as my mode of public transportation. I choose to take a cab to school in an effort to get to class on time since it is far to walk to the bus and MTR stations. Unexpectedly, I was still 10 minutes late when I finally arrived. The reasoning techniques I used to decide to take a cab to school will be covered in the paragraphs that follow. Intuition and comparison and contrast are two of them. The case’s reflection will also be utilized for assessment later. Compare and contrast will be used for the first one.

The process of comparing and contrasting involves examining similarities and contrasts in order to highlight key traits among the objects being compared or contrasted (Rao et al., 2006). The public transportation options that I can use to go to school in this situation are the taxi, bus, and MTR. Cost, speed, time constraints, comfort, and directness to the goal are the five factors that are being evaluated in total. Although it is the most costly option, using a cab outperformed the alternatives in terms of speed, time constraints, comfort, and direct access to the destination. Although the bus and MTR may go at a reasonable pace in terms of speed and time constraints, they must stop at each station, which may lengthen the travel time to school. Furthermore, using the bus or MTR won’t get you to the school immediately. I still have a distance to go to school after getting off the bus and train. A cab can provide direct access to the school even if the distance I must go to exit from the bus stop is relatively less than that of the MTR. I chose to take a cab to school since it would be faster, more comfortable, and get me there directly due to the rush hour.

Intuition will be the second. It is the action of becoming aware of the issue or circumstance without having to directly depend on analytical thinking to accomplish so (Cholle., 2011). I believed that the only way to go to school quicker at the moment would be by getting a cab since I was in a hurry. I made the decision to take a cab to school in order to get there in time for class. The evaluation of the decision-making will be done in reflection last. It gives someone the chance to grow from their mistakes and do better at similar things in the future. I didn’t consider the time period of the case carefully or in depth. Instead of thinking about the time period at the time, I was solely concerned with how I might be able to get to school sooner by deciding which kind of public transportation was the greatest option. However, it happened during a busy time when I was on my way to school. During rush hour, there are a lot of cars on the road, which might lead to traffic congestion. Additionally, abrupt traffic incidents may prevent you from getting to school. Without a doubt, the bus is slower and less convenient than other traffic on the way to school than getting a cab. It would not be the best to choose such an option if the time is during a busy hour, however. Even though the MTR requires stops at each station and cannot go straight to its destination, it does not experience traffic jams and, barring faulty lines, gets to the station on time. As a result, the chance of taking time off might be decreased. The cost of using the MTR is also far lower than using a cab. This reduces the expense.