tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675444709777940325.post4278228038048465694..comments2023-07-26T04:57:49.656-07:00Comments on A Hal of a Blog (By Hal Lillywhite): Questions? or Pseudoquestions?Hal Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532281493474571590noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675444709777940325.post-78700717422445585352009-11-27T08:55:32.909-08:002009-11-27T08:55:32.909-08:00How to deal with what you call "pseudoquestio...How to deal with what you call "pseudoquestions"? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method" rel="nofollow"> Socrates might be your friend</a>. You respond with a series of questions of your own, each with an apparent built-in answer with which the youth will agree, all which taken together in sequence leads inexorably to the point you wish to make. The key here is that when you get there you don't draw the ultimate conclusion for the youth. That MUST be done by the youth himself or herself to be effective. Otherwise it's just another case of you laying the law down on them. It has to be a product of their own reasoning. They may still not like it --probably won't in fact-- but it's a teaching moment (and that's your job), and the complaining on that particular topic will lessen.Spread Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779141814472406229noreply@blogger.com