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galen  ·  3292 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Undergrads: Do you ever feel defensive? HELP!

Maybe not too helpful as a general case, but:

"So wait, are you really 16?"

Others:

"Okay, and what else?" -- from teachers who nominally accept "no one right answer" but are actually looking for one "right" answer

"Have you started [assignment] yet?"

"What's the point?" -- re my pursuit of arts and/or humanities

Will edit as I inevitably think of more.





lil  ·  3291 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    "Okay, and what else?" -- from teachers who nominally accept "no one right answer" but are actually looking for one "right" answer
These are great, this one in particular.