Collegiate Thinking

Well to excel in this English class, one must have the ability to think critically. Growing up my parents always taught me to excel at whatever activities I was involved in. So I came to Drexel with the intent to excel in all of my endeavors. Basically, the main motivation for me to think critically was to write the first project really well so that it would impress my peers and teacher. I studied my notes from my humanities class in high school, in which the main focus of the course was to think critically and ask questions, as well as reading the given text. This project has motivated me so much that I cannot write another paper, or even have a conversation without thinking critically. Just the other day I spent an hour, debating with a friend about one part of my paper for this class. I asked him, “What makes a cheeseburger, a cheeseburger? Is it the cheese or the burger?” We wallowed in complexity for about forty five minutes and it was very interesting to hear different opinions about this question. The first project has been extremely influential in all aspects of my collegiate world. Not just the world of academia, but the way I view presidential debates and even have a conversation with a friend.