nances, relationships, and even in life choices. People lacking these critical thinking strategies can be very impulsive and make a lot of choices that end up hurting them in many ways.I read an article by Thomas Sowell called Justice and Injustice. I really enjoyed this article because he emphasized how children on welfare have only about half as many words directed at them as children of working-class families and less than one-third as many words as children whose parents are professionals. He also noted how painful this is because scientists have found that the physical development of the brain is affected by how much interaction young children receive. This then links critical thinking with social and economic status. If educators continue to show higher expectations for more “well-off” students and lower expectations for others than we will never be able to help a child off welfare or give every child the chance and ability to succeed.Another article I read was entitled Intolerance is a Beautiful Thing. I am not sure who wrote it, but it is a wonderful article that promotes critical thinking on the subject of tolerance. The author claims that the original meaning of the word “tolerance” has changed. The old meaning was “the acknowledgement of the views, beliefs and others that differ from one’s own.” The new meaning is “viewing all values, beliefs, lifestyles, and truth claims as equal.” The author goes on to say how the meaning excludes Christianity because that religion is exclusive and believes that Jesus Christ is the only way to Heaven. So by the new meaning of the word “tolerance”, Christians are intolerant even though they acknowledge and respect others regardless of race, gender and religion. To the author, “intolerance is a beautiful thing”. This article really made me critically think about how society views tolerance. I had to think about the...
