How often do we ask children a question, they reply with an answer that was not what we were looking for and so we tell them ‘the right’ answer? Generally there can be many answers to a question all of which can be technically correct. Do we dismiss to easily answers given by students when they are not the ones we were looking for? Miki Kano discusses critical thinking and how she feels it is important for young children to be taught how to think critically. She also discusses how this is not a part of traditional Japanese culture. How often do we ask our students ‘Why?’ or ‘How did you find that out?”