Pilar,
The metacognitive approach you identify is very thorough and (I believe) well targeted to today's situation. The focus away from reason and factual circumstance, to be replaced by elegant sensationalism and personal perspective, is a critical threat to "real" thinking in many academic circles. Excellent point. Thank you very much for your well stated insight.
Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Personal discipline is what drives us to continue doing what we do not want to do; it is the internal power to not quit when a situation seems hopeless; critical thinking helps us work our way through a seemingly hopeless situation; having discipline is an integral part of critical analysis of a situation.
