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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 02:04 PM
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56. Bad idea: Voting on what is fact.
I did this in a math class. I allowed the students to vote on what the right answer to a problem was. I deliberately gave them problems that I know most would get wrong.

Demonstrates a lot of aspects about civics, including "tyranny of the majority." The ones who got it right were upset. I told them to "get the others to change their vote." That was the use of cooperative education.--IMM
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