To develop critical thinking skills, asking the question 'why?' is important.
Let's understand the issue of the Juvenile Offenders Act by asking the question, "Why?"
Why was the Juvenile Offenders System created? To protect minors and prevent repeat offenses.
The purpose is to increase effectiveness by teaching differently from adults.
This was taken into consideration because the brain development of minors is not yet complete, so their judgment ability is low.
It is difficult to apply the same results to children who are still immature as to adults.
The goal is to prevent crime and help minors quickly reintegrate into society by protecting and educating them.
It also contains the will to resolve the issue in a more mature way while respecting the human rights of minors.
Why did the Juvenile Delinquency System, which started with such a good purpose, become a problem?
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When you use social networks, you can easily become absorbed in one point of view.
It's called 'confirmation bias'.
It refers to the cognitive tendency of an individual or group to accept only information that conforms to certain beliefs, hypotheses, or preconceptions.
When accepting new information, it is a characteristic of preferring information that is consistent with one's existing beliefs and ignoring or rejecting information that contradicts them.
Social networks accelerate this problem by connecting like-minded people and empowering them.
For example, if you connect with a friend who has a particular political stance, there is a problem that you may connect with other people who are more involved at a faster rate.
To think about this from a critical perspective, I need to analyze my own tendencies.
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Rather than being led by the crowd mentality that 'studying is the only way to survive', let's take time to explore ourselves deeply.
When we are stuck in dogma, we face limitations and our choices are limited by the problems we cannot solve.
Only when you begin to explore yourself will you begin to discover what kind of person you are.
It is said that people have 3 to 5 jobs in their lifetime.
Sometimes, it can be a good idea to get hints about the right career path from adults who have experienced society before you, and it's clear that cultivating knowledge about various occupations will be effective in promoting "career flexibility."
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'Privacy may also be violated for the public good.
There is an argument that private life can be made public for social benefit, to increase transparency, or to raise awareness of social issues.
Let's consider this controversial issue, along with the argument that 'sharing one's private life is a right no matter what.'
Public figures, such as politicians, celebrities, and people with social influence, sometimes have their private lives exposed, even if they don't want to.
Because their actions can have social implications.
Especially with the development of social media, it is common to see cases where even unwanted personal stories are publicly covered in news articles.
During the course of a criminal investigation, some of the criminal's private life may be disclosed for the public interest.
It is a means to solve and prevent crime, so I wonder if it is right that a person's private life should be made public just because they were a criminal.
What are the problems and benefits of exposing one's private life for the public good?
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When receiving text or information through media, literacy is important.
Literacy is the ability to read and understand text or documents.
It goes beyond simply reading and interpreting sentences.
Literacy is the process of understanding context, extracting important information, and interpreting and inferring based on that information.
Literacy can be said to be the foundation of critical thinking skills.
If you cannot decipher and understand it accurately, you cannot carry out the next logical action.
You need to understand how the meaning of a sentence or word is being used.
You must be able to extract and identify key ideas or information.
You need to find the core concepts before you can begin to understand them logically.
You should be able to think critically about the content and determine whether there are any leaps in argument or logic.

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It is important to practice reading and thinking critically when receiving text or information.
Critical reading improves your ability to understand and analyze the logical structure of sentences and paragraphs.
You can understand what the author's intention was and what message he or she wanted to convey.
This helps us to judge information more objectively than just accepting it unconditionally.
It's better to read while looking into the author's assumptions or biases.
It helps to isolate how assumptions and biases may be influencing the overall argument or content.
The author's evidence and arguments can also be evaluated.
Having a general understanding of this will help you organize your thoughts logically on the topic.
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I learned about fair trade.
So, let's think about how we can connect this with fair trade and put it into practice in our daily lives.
When we obtain information, we must consider how the information can be connected to our lives.
If the information presented is reliable and usable, it is important to find ways to connect it with the data I use in my daily life.
Information should not remain as knowledge, but be utilized.
Through use, information becomes more expanded and meaningful.

--- p.271