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A student told me my 'both sides' framing on a protest handout was actually flattening the issue, so I rewrote it to center the specific demands of the group being protested.
Has anyone else had a similar experience where a critique about language made you completely rethink how you present a campus conflict?
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nancyg145d ago
Had a student gently point out that my "balanced" lecture on a housing policy debate was accidentally making the city council's weak compromise sound reasonable. Felt like I got hit with a clue-by-four (a big one). Rewrote the whole unit to start with the tenant group's actual, urgent asks instead of my watered-down summary.
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reesej275d ago
Totally see this happening outside class too. Watched a local news segment "debating" a new bike lane where they gave equal time to a guy just mad about parking instead of the safety data. Framing it like a petty argument hid the real problem.
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