The art of learning how to think
Learning how to think is really the whole point of going to university because it is one of the few periods in your life when you get time to do it．
Like any skill, successful thinking takes practice．The more time you spend thinking and the more ideas you come up with, the more likely it is that some of them will be good ones． Your thinking will never improve if it consists entirely of thinking how much of a failure you are．
Geniuses generally come up with their brilliant innovations by thinking about a subject in lots of different ways and establishing connections between apparently different ideas．On the other hand, there are times when you need to know what you are supposed to be thinking about and why, and to stay reasonably focused．
If you are having trouble thinking, it may be because you lack another skill that would make it easier．It could be that you don't have a wide enough vocabulary to put your thoughts into words． If you share a house with violinists and pianists, you may have trouble hearing yourself think．
One way to sharpen this skill is to think critically about what other people are thinking．Thinking is not always something that needs to be done alone． So, if your housemates ever abandon their instruments, engage them in conversation, look for holes in their arguments, and explain your own．
If you get really good at thinking while at university, you may be able to think of a way to carry that on．
A．Proper thinking is about creating an argument．
B．It enables us to become more independent thinkers．
C．If they're all rubbish, try not to keep thinking about it．
D．And thus it saves you actually doing anything once you leave．
E．You may also be in the wrong environment for productive thought．
F．Having a one-track mind won't improve your power of thinking anyway．
G．In fact, communicating your thoughts can help to develop and clarify them．
