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  1. Oct 2024
    1. There we observed that changing the claim from  "this country's teachers" to "many of this country’s teachers" would account for the exceptions, teachers who did not fit the generalization.

      I like that it points out, here and above, phrases good to be used for exceptions. This is because in the past while writing I have felt like I'm being too wordy, vague, or that my statement just isn't true when I change the claim. If I wrote something like "some teachers" or "most LGBT people" I felt like I wasn't writing the most efficiently.

    2. asks a question with an obvious answer, a question phrased in such a way that it pushes us to agree with the author without examining the real range of possibilities. This loaded question implies that there are only two options, one of them very ba

      It's crazy how people think they can hide their intentions in writing, as if writing isn't completely about putting your thoughts and opinions on paper. It's deceitful that writers try to use these kinds of statements, you should win someone over to your side of an argument fairly rather than manipulating them into thinking it's the best and only option.

    3. If we see a general statement, we should ask ourselves whether it is always true or whether we can identify any case that doesn’t fit the pattern.

      I think people need to do this more in general, especially when making generalizations about people. A lot of the disrespect or microaggressions towards people include false assumptions about their group of people. You should take a moment to think about how it is possible that someone may not fit a generalization.