The best way to teach people critical thinking is to teach them to write.

why you learn to write.

thinking makes you act effectively in the world.

thinking makes you win the battles you undertake and those could be battles for good things.

if you can think and speak and write you are absolutely deadly nothing can get in your way.

why are you at university for ,see as below

if you can formulate your arguments coherently and make a presentation.

if you can speak to people .

if you can lay out a proposal.

people give you money and give you opportunities. you have influence.

that's what you do.

learn to become articulate(能言善辯.that's the most dangerous thing you can possibly be. that can be your sword、your M16、your bulletproof vest.