Chapter 3 Additional resources

 How to become a critical thinker
  1. Kendi, I. (2017). Commencement Speech, University of Florida, August 22nd, available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTIho5SFDu8
    This is the speech mentioned in Becoming a Critical Thinker, in which Professor Kendi asks what it means to be an intellectual.
  2. Day, E. (nd) How to Fail, Podcast series on Podbean, available at: https://howtofail.podbean.com/
    Elizabeth Day is an author, journalist, and broadcaster. There are many 1-hour podcasts in the series ‘How to Fail’, which interview a different person discussing the failures that were essential in their lives. Scroll through to find one that is interesting to you, download one to your phone, go for a walk and listen to it. Additionally, Day’s book Failosophy: A handbook for when things go wrong is due to be released in October 2020.
  3. Freeman Hrabowski, (2013). 4 pillars of college success in science, February, available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/freeman_hrabowski_4_pillars_of_college_success_in_science
    Being empowered to take ownership of your education. See how these 4 pillars are similar to the topics covered in this chapter. Consider his final statement (channelling Aristotle:
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