Comments on Progymnasmata: A Debate Coaching Prime Directive

Not sure Max. I'm going to give it a try after...

2011-09-07T14:34:48.721-04:00

Not sure Max. I'm going to give it a try after tonight's debate. We'll see who wants to put me on.

The strategy is to make sure all of the comments go back to debate, and away from particular candidates. I want my commentary to give words to words, and if I call something an argument, I'm going to try to say why.

I hope this will offer a nice juxtaposition to what Graham offered. My hypothesis is that it won't. But it's worth a shot!

The idea of expanding the classroom rhetoric or "attitude" is a great one. My concern is it degrades once it starts to expand beyond that space.

Some smart stuff here Steve. Thanks for the words...

2011-09-07T13:33:13.054-04:00

Some smart stuff here Steve. Thanks for the words.

Lets account for the possibility that the CNN editors trimmed out all of Todd's reasoning. But your point is a good one.

"My job is not to help out a candidate I like, but to help out reasoning, help out words, help out expression."

This is the thing. How do you make it easier to navigate? How do you share information that doesn't overwhelm. The trick is not to be a talking head, but a decoding unit moving dialogue and understanding forward.

It's what we do on the daily in classrooms. The trick is to do it in writing at a national level.
- Maxwell