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Originally Posted by crystalsmom  You did it again. 
I have to add another that I was thinking of last night. My Dad would start these interesting conversations at the dinner table (I think to try to make us use our brains  ) Anyway one night my brother answered with " I know it's right Dad, I read it in the paper" and of course Dad said "Never believe everthing you read" and that is so true. He also said ALWAYS look at a situation from both person's point of view to make a decision and I try to always do that...............except when I already made up my mind  Sorry Dad. |
hehe. i like what your dad said!
it reminds me of when i was in grad school, i had a teacher who refused to give me my 'A' on my papers! i thought my papers were flawless, but of course the teacher didn't think so!
so i pulled aside a student who got A on his paper, and asked him how to do it. he showed me his paper, and explain to me how i can improve my arguments. what happened was i would not address any ideas that would counter the point i was trying to argue in my paper, i thought if i even brought them up, it would weaken my argument. the 'A paper student' told me that by not bring up the opposing points, it didn't mean those points did not exist. and that the best thing to do is to acknowledge those points, and then point out why they are not valid points.
then my grade finally improved once i started doing that.
