I am realizing that one of the main skills into research is one of the main skills that anyone should have in their own life: to be critic. However it is a really difficult skill to develop.

Understanding by critic a person who offers REASONED judgment or analysis or interpretation or observation about anything I would say. His or her arguments can be in favor or against the arguments of someone else. It is valid that each person has an opinion, and I find as an art how to get in agreements. It should be notice that I refer to constructive criticism in this post, not to excessive criticism which actually excess of critic it is rather unconstructive and harmful, as any other type of excess.

For me it is fascinating to discover how to make use of the gray mass that is located inside of our skull in a constructive way. Each person is full of surprises. In my perception, in order to be critic is necessary to make use of so many skills and activities. And it is not simple to learn to be critic and to develop that faculty. It needs constant learning and unlearning combined with personal reflection, it is a constant process.

As a passional and a dreamer type of personality as I am, I had been having a BIG trouble in learning to be critic myself, it is not easy at all for me. Nevertheless as my awareness of this human faulty arises, I wonder:  how is it possible to promote more the use of the reason?.  Why schools or education systems in general does not put more emphasis in develop criticism  or develop the imagination (imagination will be another post in my blog a REALLY important one!!!). At moments I have the impression that most of the “formal” education in several parts of our globe is mainly concern in:  memorize facts and information that will support some basic skills creation. But are they /we interesting to teach to be critic?  I have my doubts about it.

To THINK is not simple!