Interesting! I also write to organise my thoughts, but the drivers towards organisation are (in no order): 1. Make my point accessible. 2. Make it as solid as I can (if I can). 3. Find out where it's weak. Thus "trying to be persuasive, while honest" sort of works for all three.
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Replying to @GraziosiSergio @o_guest
Which doesn't mean I disagree with: >it's not how to convince people. I think I agree! I've come to believe that peer pressure is the most effective persuasion tool out there. Hence, speaking our mind (honestly and clearly) becomes a small step in a possible journey.
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Replying to @o_guest @GraziosiSergio
My point isn't that I cannot convince, or have not, but that I never really have the explicit intention to, e.g., convince those people in mentions telling me I'm "stupid" or wrong, etc.
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Yes, I hope I knew that. And I'm 100% in agreement. I think we should *never* set out "to convince". Right now, I was, as usual (for me), using Twitter as a thinking tool for micro-thoughts (same principles, on a micro scale: first aim is "understand my own position")!
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Replying to @GraziosiSergio @o_guest
BTW: your blog post is truly impressive. It will take me weeks to explore all the links (thanks for that
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Seriously, no surprise you had to isolate yourself to finish it.
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Replying to @GraziosiSergio @o_guest
One thing you mentioned but didn't unpack is how damaging is viewing students as customers. It's an obstacle to "pull [them] through [(any) X] against [their] will", even when it's resonable to expect that they will eventually like X. 2/n
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I mention it 'cause it's one of the things that makes my blood boil. Students are such because they need to learn. We should not expect them to already know what/how to learn it. They should be allowed not to even know what "it" is exactly. Grr! 3/3 (end of rant, with apologies).
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Yes, I agree with you. It makes my blood boil too and it underpins, in part, the argument that changing the course will lose students.
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Indeed. I genuinely cannot identify a single advantage in taking "that view". It's just wrong and should never be allowed to go unchallenged - a bit hard, given that it's now legally binding in the UK. Sad world.
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The problem is deeper and worse in the US. Also a lot of people think, for various including $$$ reasons, that attracting more students is inherently a good thing.
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