STUDENT 1: Critical thinking means to me thinking outside the box. Question what we've been told because not it always what it seems. Researching a topic. Maybe analyzing more. Thinking about how you could fix problem. There's always multiple possibilities. Not just one.

STUDENT 2: I feel like critical thinking, going to school through all the years, for me it seems to be putting things together. That wouldn't necessarily have thought of-- Making that connection between different points and different readings. Drawing that connection kind of.

STUDENT 1: I use critical thinking a lot in sociology. It's basically more as a understanding. You read it and books are not always accurate. It's like through a person's opinion. Everybody has different opinions so not everybody going to think the same as you, but it's good to analyze what they say, put your own opinion in it, and maybe you guys could just compromise and come to a better understanding of the topic.

STUDENT 3: I have to use critical thinking a lot in English class. My professor really likes the English language and throws a lot of words that I'm not familiar with. So when I get home I have to translate what the assignment is into basic English. A lot of the writing assignments are difficult for me. I could talk all day, but writing is different-- harder for me.

STUDENT 2: Some people don't even know they're using critical thinking. But I feel like whenever somebody even looks further into something, that's probably their way of critical thinking with them not even knowing it.

STUDENT 1: It's a challenge from high school to college. Basically, a lot of high school students everything is given to them. They give you a topic, get the information, they'll go on the computer, Google it, and that's it. When you come to college, you have to do research. Go outside sources, talk to your professor, other students who's been involved in similar situations. Sometimes do community service, like I did, for a research project and put all those different experiences into paper. Having to find the exact words and making it sound your own without having to plagiarize somebody else's work.

STUDENT 2: So basically, you're talking about going beyond.

STUDENT 1: Yes. It's like, you can read anything and just put it automatically from the net to a paper, but that doesn't make it your own. When you read and you analyze and you go to the field and do it, it changes because you're putting your own experience into your papers. You're thinking for yourself. You're thinking about what you're doing and what did you learn from your experience. So it makes it your own.

[MUSIC PLAYING]