Tanya is Clutch

The KFC lab progressed today with an in-depth discussion of the value criterion. Whether it was my orange vs. banana example or Ms. Koshy's analogy to college basketball that did the trick, students seem to be grabbing hold of--no, clutching--the difficult concepts. In fact, the KFC students demonstrated just how clutch they are today in rebuttal drills. Justin Jones read his AC (a case that was very well constructed for a first draft) and Charles and Alex followed with solid rebuttals. The students in our lab are forming a clearer conception of what good cases and rebuttals are through a process of trial and error. You can't understand why KFC is so good until you suffer a trip to Chicken Express.

Later in the evening, team KFC rooted on their second favorite debater, Tanya Choudhury, as she took on Eric Wolfish in a demonstration debate. The consensus is that she did an excellent job--Anjan would be proud. Cherian Koshy followed the round with a few brief comments and urged the students in KFC to choose one aspect of the debate that they wish to emulate. Many chose Tanya's excellent presentation skills. Others, like Sammy, were impressed with the use of the value criterion as a standard in the debate. At the end of the day in lab KFC, happiness prevailed (or did it?)