It is said that going back to school is a journey to a new world of enrichment. It is a garden where the classroom grows one's thoughts and dreams. It is a school building where one constructs new plans for the future. And it is a tower of learning where one can climb as high as one wishes. Thus, this is the path that I will take today to prepare for the rest of my tomorrows.
             Humans differentiate themselves from other animals through the concept of spoken language. It is true that primates will use sign language as a tool, but it is yet to be determined whether or not this is part of a thinking process.
             Critical thinking is the ability to analyze and evaluate a thing, person or situation. The more one knows about something, the more one is able to study and appraise it. If an object is very simple and has an easy-to-understand function, a child with little language ability would be able to think critically about it. However, one has to have written or spoken language to give meaning to something more complex. The more advanced one's vocabulary, therefore, the more capacity a person has for critical thinking. Knowing different languages helps, as well, since the person will be even more capable of understanding others and expressing him or herself.
             Although all languages have similarities, they have different as well. Some languages follow the linear structure that is natural in the English language; others employ a more circular or repetitive structure. For example, a person who appears to be repeating a similar idea in different words but never makes a firm conclusion, may be following the rhetorical structure and logical patterns of another language. Arabic, for instance, may often diverge from the main point and then come back on track and then diverge once again. By understanding the structure of different languages, it is possible to have a greater knowledge of the people of that culture and the way that they view the wo...