The two days of CT were very interesting where the idea of System 1 and System 2 were very insightful. Also thinking critically on different biases and how our prior knowledge influenced them.
The second day was a movie on Oppenheimer which was an interesting movie that helped us understand more about ethics.
Both the facilitators were very polite.
Our thinking system place a cruicial role while we make any decision. Its important that we develop skills to think critically to make informed choices.
As a part of Critical Thinking life class, we truly enjoyed deciphering identities of each other through secret codes, trying to know each other a little better. Followed by an activity based on our prior knowledge of critical thinking, we further build background knowledge (BBK).
Applying System 1 and System 2 of thinking, we could come up with many real life situation where we apply our thinking skills. But do we always think critically? Our emotions do take a high road, so do our personal bias. Need to re-work!!
Day 2 was Cheery on cake, starting with an amazing movie Oppenheimer. The Science and Politics behind creation of Atomic bomb during the world war ll was eye-opening. It led to multiple perspective wheather ethics should be taken into consideration while any scientific research takes place? Or do Ethics and Decision making goes hand in hand?
Overall I developed the skill to question my thinking skills and how should I further build on considering multiple perspectives.
Gives a good window to introspect our thinking. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Critical thinking is a skill which one needs to develop over a period of time through their own life experiences and exposure to varied scenarios. Preaching to open up your thoughts nd change mindset to what one has a long time belief in might not work for all is what I believe and some might not even connect it to so quickly. Hoping exposure is given to research and experiences to practice critical thinking is focused on in coming sessions more. Also kindly avoid religious discussions as it’s a very personal and sensitive topic. Even “open minded” western civilizations prevent from such open forum discussions if some of the demography is aiming for that.
The journey of any individual is juggling between Morals/Ethics/Implications. Your journey depends on the decisions that you take through the journey. Your decisions put any one of the factors in jeopardy. But, at the moment what you think and what factors affect the decision matters a lot. And also the perspective matters. But at times taking harsh steps makes the way for the further development.
Critical thinking is like deep and clear understanding about the concept or situation. We have to understand context before applying CT. Critical thinking is applied in different situations like
Personal and professional growth.
Step out for new task
Thinking about relationship and chil.
Build up image.
There are many situations where we apply critical thinking. So it is not judgement type of thinking but actually we are actually thinking about something. We learn about system 1 and system 2 where system 1 work automatically but system 2 require deep thinking and experience. So i like the session and thanks to facilitator for making session lively.
Basically the main idea of CT is to see the situations through the different lences. Sometimes we see the certain situations as per our beliefs, our experiences etc. we do not consider the opposite sides of the perception. During this two days at CT classes we saw how does our mind reacts. Sometimes old steps have became the superstition and some or the other innocent person is suffering from it. These two days we discussed about many things related to it. Also we discussed how major decisions are taken considering lot of aspects. Instead of criticising them, we also should broaden our thinking.
Facilitators are discussing things very openly. We are enjoying sessions, listening other’s views and how practical the things can be made.
Day-1
Session was pretty interested and helpful for the self understanding which helps me and spark the idea how taking decision according to systum 1 and 2 can affect your personal and professional life.
Day-2
movie (oppenhiemer) gave the understanding of how ethics work at different stage of life while taking decision. Value or using produced idea is bigger than idea producer as it needs more critical thinking.
Critical thinking classes introduced interesting concepts. Working of systems (1 & 2) was insightful. I learned about many biases of brain.The sessions have been interesting. The highlight of 2 days was the movie Oppenheimer.
This feels a lot like TOK classes I take in DP.
Thanks to both facilitators. Their contributions and sharing has been effective.
Nice informative sessions. Made me think the way I use to think and the way one should think to make a difference. Movie was nice. Overall a good learning experience and good to learn that critical thinking is not criticizing but to think with asking questions and knowing facts and data and then come up to a decision.
Thank you for such an informative sessions.
The eight sessions of Life + Love classes were a welcome break from the normal teaching routine with loads of interactions, sharing of personal experiences, bonding with the team, and most importantly, learning in depth about the various topics of Life + Love classes in a simple and effective way from our excellent facilitators – Utsav Sir and Nisarg Sir.
7 habits of highly effective people and their significance in our daily lives – the importance of integrity as well as strength of character (primary greatness) in determining real success, our various paradigms and the paradigm shifts, depositing regularly to our emotional bank accounts for building meaningful relationships, doing mindful listening, respecting differences to build a synergizing atmosphere, accepting death as a final milestone in life and practicing sharpening the physical, mental, social and spiritual dimensions of renewal were covered in a lucid manner through real-life examples, activities, and personal connections.
The importance of problems and the pains associated with them in building our courage and wisdom, practicing discipline through delayed gratification, acceptance of responsibility, dedication to truth and balancing our emotions, defining love as the will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth, myths of love – dependency, falling in love, collapsing ego boundaries and romantic love – lead to the most essential aspect about love – about it not being a feeling but a series of constructive actions through which we nurture our inner self and the external relations.
Marriage essentials – five key principles, eight mental stages, seven promises – and roles and responsibilities of parents in nurturing their children into successful human beings were also efficiently covered.
Overall, these sessions made me aware of the foundations that will help enrich my life.