In this session, we reviewed the eight Elements of critical thinking in conjunction with the Standards of accuracy, relevance, and precision. The question at issue we addressed: Why would you put forth the effort and perseverance to learn another language? Initial responses included the ideas of traveling and being impressive, also being "forced" as part of high school! However, we then discussed Bobby's projected career as an international business owner. We reasoned that knowing another language would open the base of clients much more broadly. Using the "Element" information, Bobby began to research the most spoken languages in the world, charting them in order with statistics, concluding that he would learn Mandarin. In this process, he discovered unreliable information versus reliable -- realizing that a site ending .edu is much better. Secondly, researching business use language, he changed his mind (good critical thinking to change a conclusion as more information is discovered) -- and decided it would be most beneficial to learn Spanish. His motive is now in line with his career and personal interests, and it is his own reasoned decision to learn Spanish now.