Explain What Do Your Answers To The Seatwork Say About You And Barriers To Critical Thinking

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Anne Marie T. Rey March 14, 2016
EN 11 E32 Ana Marie O. Fernandez
What do your answers to the seatwork say about you and your barriers to Critical Thinking? Critical Thinking is a crucial task that demands open-mindedness and rational thinking. This way of thinking requires a person to put extra effort in analyzing and examining ideas with the absence of incorporating personal experiences, ideas, and opinions. These barriers can greatly affect the credibility of the whole process; however, it is an arduous task to disregard feelings and insights when making fair judgments. After writing down several thoughts about a few topics given in class, I analyzed each thought and determined how a certain barrier affects it. First,

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