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2nd, Mr 5.0 you said you give the paper an A, then you said you had a problem with the premise......then a long list of things of things that you say are wrong or you disagree with, therefore if you were the teacher, with the list given of complaints, that wouldnt be an A.

Ok Tony...there's nothing wrong with what Jim said in his post about giving Belle an A but disagreeing with the premise. Guess what. There's this thing called freedom of speech. It applies to our schools as well. If you are given an assignment in which you are allowed to choose the topic, it doesn't matter if the teacher agrees with your premise or not. If it's done properly and you did a successful job of defending your position, it's an A. Mr 5.0's "grade" to Belle dealt with the quality of the work, not the subject matter.

Second, if you don't know what Mr 5.0's style is by now, you need to spend some more time on the boards. It's in his style to go deep into topics, and I know myself and others appreciate this. Sure, Jim is an opinionated person. So am I. At least he stands true to what he believes and is consistant in his discussions. In my opinion, if you hold certain things to be true, yet you cannot defend your stance in a simple debate, what is it that you really believe? Is it just something that you've been told? Or did you just make it up? I know from his posts that Jim has put a lot of critical thought into his stance on issues. What's wrong for him to express his opinions and defend them in front of others.

I don't see Mr. 5.0 as starting an argument. He's just openly discussing his views, much as I and others on this board have done.

Belle,

I appologize if I misinturpreted the original intention of your post. I didn't mean to turn you on the defensive. It's a good paper with a good premise and presents a nice flip on a topic we usually only hear the other side on.

Jim,

I have no doubt that you can adequately defend yourself, and I appologize if I stole any of your thunder.

Come on people....this is a general discussion board. Let's allow general discussion.

--nathan