How to become a SuperStar student, part 6

National Teacher of the Year Michael Geisen has much to say about critical thinking. In fact, what he mentions should be quite familiar to you, as you hear such comments in school as they apply to writing and speaking in many of your classes.

First, critical thinking is difficult work, but its use will help you move from a good student to a great student. And it is an essential skill that will help you throughout the rest of your life. It’s not just a school thing.

Once you understand that it is not considering just one idea and sticking with it, you are on the way to understanding that critic...