One major element of critical thinking and problem solving is to plan ahead for the contingencies--things which come up which you weren't expecting. For success in college this is predominantly significant; you cannot do your work and submit it on time in classes if you do not have access to the Internet, you’ve computer problems, or you lose power in your neighbourhood. Let's examine how to be sure we have all such things exactly when we need them to do our studies. Remember, problems can be effortlessly overcome if you’ve a good back up plan.

Make and determine a backup plan to complete your work. Where will you go to acquire access to another computer to do your work when you drop power in your neighbourhood, your Internet Service Provider (or ISP) is down, and/ or you’ve computer problems? Be specific.