My First Blog Ever

Hi everybody, this is Jun who is an ESL student in College striving to improve critical thinking through English literatures.
I have thought in blogging many times since many of my friends have own blog and they express themselves through this tool; they sometimes write very interesting things which I never heard from them through regular conversation; traditional blog has to be published through writing, this process may guide them to think thoroughly via converting ideas to solid writing. Therefore I think blog is very fascinating. However, it is little bit embarrassing to me to express myself through blog. I am sure that I will get used to it though.

In the blog, I plan to express my thought related to my reading accompanied with critical thinking. Hopefully I can show the improvement in critical reading, writing, and thinking step by step through uploading my blog. But what does “critical thinking” mean? To me, critical thinking means to analyze the idea thoroughly; it includes and not limited to: find the purpose of idea, confirm creditability of idea, analyze the consequences after implementing the idea, and so on. This skill helps us to have better decision in our life. When I read critically, usually think what the purpose behind of characters’ action is; when I think critically, I usually try to find conflict in the statement to find the real reason behind. We use it sometimes without thinking; for instance, when we buy groceries, we tend to analyze price and feature of the products comparing to similar products; we also refuse suspicious sales call, otherwise, we would be deceived; we tend to vote someone reliable for president through not believing candidates statement without proving it , otherwise, we would vote for political hypocrite; We prove our points backed up with critical thinking when we discuss in the class, otherwise, the points are not strong enough to convince the class mates. However, there are so many critical thinking approach exist and some of the approach will be new to me, so I have to learn them and also apply them in actual life in order to take advantage of full benefit from critical; they are tough process, but I believe they will bring good result; I expect mastering the skill would guide me to view the world from different approach and it eventually results in discovering hidden facets which are hard to find. Actually, writing a blog is a good idea to practice critical thinking, especially to me, since it will be published to the public through world wide web; this fact will remind me that I have to work well in order to have good thought to the public because I would be embarrassed to post something I am not sure about or too obvious. As a result, I will examine my thought thoroughly before posting through many critical approaches.

Being an ESL student is not easy when it comes to English reading and writing, especially with critical approach; but without challenge, there will not be improvement. I have heard “no pain no gain” many times from many people, I am big fun of this word; I know it will not be easy but I am looking forward to apply and improve my critical thinking through this blog in order to have productive and fun life. I will upload my though based on reading Animal Farm by George Orwell soon!