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How
do you teach a person to think? I don't know. I have to think about it.
Fisch, 47
Preston, CT
USA
I'm not sure that adults can be
"taught" to think. Babies want to think--and learn. Adults often have a lot of
baggage in the way of sweet reason.
Jill, 61
Saylorsburg, PA USA
I don't. I think people are pretty much on
their own for that one.
Karen, 22
Ames, IA
USA
I'm not sure you can, but you can provide
them with analytical tools, set an example, and reward them for thinking something out
even if they do not reach the conclusion you would prefer.
Jane, 62
West Linn, OR
USA
Give the person a situation to deal
with, and have them work in a group to resolve the
problem.
Melodi, 19
Gahanna, OH
USA
I don't think anyone one person teaches
another to think. Helping someone learn to read is one big step in the right direction to
aiding the influx of new ideas. Opening up opportunities for others to access new and
different resources / ideas is also along part of the puzzle. Hitting someone over the
head again and again with your own opinion, I don't think works. Even if you throw
countless citations and support documents their way.
Felicia, 36
Lowell, MA
USA
If anyone knows the answer to this, I'd like
to hear it. Some people are hopeless when it comes to thinking. Actually I guess
"thinking" is subjective. I tend to think people are brilliant thinkers if they
agree with what I think. I'm not sure you can teach it. It comes with maturity.
Judy, 62
Easton, KS
USA
As far as I know, you can't. In the case of
a child, all you can do is load him up with all the right things and hope that when he/she
grows up, he/she will remember them and choose the right one.
Reba, 50+
Silver Spring, MD USA
My son comes up and asks me to do his
homework for him. I ask him if he's tried, and he says yes. So, I sit with him and go
through it, being as vague as possible. Once he has my attention, he seems to be able to
do calculus. He just needs to be encouraged. People learn to think on their own, but you
can encourage them....
Nicci, 27
Las Vegas, NV
USA
Well, this works pretty well with my
friends... I pop em on the back of the head and tell
them, "Think, Dumbass!" That usually works pretty well.
Doug2, 29
Overland Park, KS USA
You can't.
Triana, 29
Austin, TX
USA
From my own experience, this is how it
works: I'm a physics major, and with a physics major, you don't learn how to solve
physics problems as much as you learn how to solve problems in general. All four years are
spent learning a specific way to think. As a result, physics is a really versatile major,
because once you graduate you should be able to solve any kind of problem, whether it be
math, physics, engineering, or even real-world, non-science problems. It's a study in
analysis. How is this accomplished? Well, you just get homework assignments with these
ridiculously hard problems that really aren't intended to be answered. You're never graded
on the answer; you're graded on how you approach the problem. So if you get a problem you
don't know how to do, you can receive full credit if you approach it from the right angle
and work through it with logical reasoning. I think in an entirely different way than I
did years ago. How do you do it with non-scientists? I guess rhetorical questions serve
that purpose...
Cancer, 20
NYC, NY
USA
Introduce them to fantasy and imagination.
Duh.
Eric, 20
Beverly Hills, CA USA
I don't think you can. I think people learn
from painful, personal experience.
Laura, 37
Lowell, MA
USA
Consequences
Stephanie, 25
TX USA
In order for someone to think - first they
must listen. Therefore I would teach a person to listen to the person and in return think
about what the person is trying to say.
Brad, 21
Sydney AUSTRALIA
I don't think you really do teach people to
think...it's something that comes naturally. Unfortunately, many people don't think as
much as they should-and I'm still trying to figure out how you fix that. ;)
Angela, 18
Bella Vista, AR USA
I don't believe you can. I have been trying
for years with my kids, and it seems pretty unsuccessful.
Janet, 44
E. Brunswick, NJ USA
YOu can't teach a person to think, just like
you can't teach a person to breathe. It's a reflex that's natural to a human being. But
you can teach a person a variety of things that will improve their quality of thought.
Keri-Jade, 21
Brampton, Ontario CANADA
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