Pensamiento Critico

I'd like to share the following reflexion I just received in the notebook of one of my "critical thinking" students, Elvia, in response to the following question:

Que significa medioambiente? Cuales son las cosas y lugares mas importantes en la vida y porque? (What does "medioambiente" (translated as nature and culture mixed) mean? What are the things and places that are most important in life and why?)

Medioambiente para mi es el medio donde todos podemos recrearnos. Es un lugar donde
(medioambiente for me is the medium where we can do recreation. It's a place where

sentimos un ambiente de paz, de tranquilidad, donde podemos reflexionar y concentrarnos sin
we feel an air of peace, tranquility, where we can reflect and concentrate without

que nadia nos moleste. Es el lugar donde mas sentimos seguros, es algo natural, es toda la
anyone bothering us. It's the place where we feel the most safe, it's something ntaural, it's all the

naturaleza que nos tenemos. Es algo que no podemos fabricar con nuestras manos pero si
nature that we have. It's something that we cannot make with our hands, but yes

podemos cuidar y proteger podemos ayudar aunmentarlo.
we can take care of and protect and help to make it better.

Las cosas y lugares mas importantes en mi vida es todo lo natural, es lo puro y todos los lugares
the things and places that are most important in my life is everything natural, pure, and all places

que ayudan a la gente y no destruyen a las personas.
which help people and don't destroy people.

Pretty profound for a 15-year-old, huh?
My students constantly blow me away and give me goosebumps and proud teacher teary eyes.