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Does Choice = Confidence?

Written by Brent Hurley November 7, 2016
Does Choice = Confidence?

Here’s a quick update to my last blog post (“You Can’t Handle The Truth”), where students in my grade 12 English class are working on a summative evaluation that gives them total choice on the content and form of their ultimate summative evaluations. Today is Monday. Presentations/Assignments are due on Wednesday. Using Google forms as … Continue reading “Does Choice = Confidence?”

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You Can’t Handle The Truth!

Written by Brent Hurley November 3, 2016
You Can’t Handle The Truth!

In the Rob Reiner film “A Few Good Men”, the climax of the movie comes when Lt. Kaffee, played by Tom Cruise, puts his arch nemesis, Col. Jessep, played by Jack Nicholson, on the stand, hoping to coax a confession from him. The exchange is made famous by the following dialogue, written by Aaron Sorkin: … Continue reading “You Can’t Handle The Truth!”

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