Critical Thinking self-evaluation
Critical thinking is continuously used in our daily life. Almost every decision we make involves a degree of minor or significant critical thinking (Ghanizadeh, 2017). One good example I recently applied for my critical thinking was to choose between attending a cinema and completing my class assignments. We had organized with my colleagues to participate in a cinema that night. On the same day, I had some homework that I had not completed and was to be submitted on the following day. The scenario put me in a dilemma of choosing between the two issues. First, I wanted to present the work on time. Second, I never wanted to fail my friends.
Though I wanted to be part of my colleagues, I took a step to weigh between my course grades and to attend the cinema event. Considering the advantages and disadvantages surrounding my case scenario of either choice to make, I decided to complete my assignment at the expense of joining my friends at the cinema. Though I would be happy to have attended the cinema, my course grades were more valuable than being with my friends for the night event. I thus personally decided to remain indoors to complete my assignments to achieve my intended course grades. It was not an easy way to go to have made my decision since I imagine how my friends would take me to fail them, having planned the event for a while. Likewise, I could not fail to complete my assignments, considering that this was all about my life, and I wanted to meet my target grades for the course.
The scenario was one of the worst life dilemmas I had faced before. I was torn between the two, but naturally, before doing something, I make decisions that reasonable for the outcomes of my stands. So weighing issues is my way out in life, and thus I do it in every move I take in my life. I exercise scenario evaluation and the impact of the choice I would make in a particular issue of concern.
Reference
Ghanizadeh, A. (2017). The interplay between reflective thinking, critical thinking, self
-monitoring, and academic achievement in higher education. Higher Education, 74(1), 101-114.