Something that wowed me in this chapter was the opening event with Mr.Andres and his students. I think that his way making the whole "Alligator rumor" into a project that includes technology was pretty interesting. Not only did he incorporate technology into his lesson plan he also chose a topic that he knew his students would be interested in. Even though Mr. Andres know that the topic and the project may be offsetting his lesson plan, he still decided to use it as a learning opportunity to help the students use their critical thinking skills. Another thing that wowed me was the sentence on page 101 that stated that, according to Sarason 2004, schools are not the most productive learning environments’ for critical thinking. In some way I agree and disagree with this statement. One reason I agree is because school is so structured with necessary standardized test and goals they must meet that sometimes they don’t allow that space for critical thinking inside the classroom. On the other hand I disagree, because I firmly believe that students make a lot of independent decisions at school. Students also have to use problem solving at school in almost every subject along with their social life.    Overall I don’t think that there was anything in the chapter that I did not understand. As I previously stated in last week’s reflection this book is very good with giving the reader information and also providing examples to clarify any confusion. For example, on page 103 the book defines the term media literacy. It also provided us with an example that tied us right to the opening case of the chapter. Later on in the chapter the book provides the reader with the link to Center for Media Literacy’s free MediaLit Kit for K-12 Media Literacy (http://www.medialit.org/). 
   This chapter connects to myself because the critical thinking concept is very familiar. In one of my classes that I am currently taking the teacher asked us on the first day, why we think it’s important for people to be good readers. Everyone gave their different answers, but the answer she gave us was very different from ours. Dr.Yarbrough stated that it is important for people to be good readers so they can become good members of the society and be able to make wise decisions. At first I was thinking what does that have to do with reading, but after reading this chapter I can see the connection. Dr. Yarbrough is always talking about higher order thinking skills and I always used to wonder what that was, and why she always stretched the importance of it. According to page 101 in the book HOTS include creative thinking and problem solving. In order to make wise decisions and become a critical thinker I believe reading is essential.