Tolerance and critical thinking
So today I had this class called Workshop 1 and Workshop 2. Workshop 1 basically consists of how to write academic papers, while Workshop 2 is more focused on teamwork with your friends. What I'd like to discuss here is about these two personality traits that most Indonesians lack, which is tolerance and critical thinking. During a lecture in Workshop 1, the professor encouraged us to write academic papers that consists of 1000 words while stressing the importance of critical thinking. He then emphasized it by talking about someone who reads the news and truly believing in what it says without giving it a second thought that it might not be true. He then told us not to do that since we're college students now and are encouraged to think critically. All of a sudden it hit me. Just a few days ago I felt infuriated after reading a small piece of news from Indonesia about the government rejecting an investment proposal from Japan and instead gave the opportunity to China.