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Trump Rally Gunman Was ‘Definitely Conservative,’ Classmate Recalls (www.thedailybeast.com)
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[–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Smith shared an American history class with Crooks, and remembered a mock debate where their teacher made students stand on one side of the classroom or another to signal their allegiance.

Please tell me this was college.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

In college it's assigned and you're expected to defend the assigned position. You also get switched in subsequent issues modules so you don't get pigeonholed and nobody can just stay on the side they like.

[–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that's how I experienced it but it sounds like this story was from high school and telling students to segregate themselves like that seems super fucked up.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I agree, that's basically asking someone to other themselves. It would be a great test if you wanted to see which students needed support and counseling. But not as some kind of learning objective.