When You Think They're Choosing Wrong · Course check

Course check

3 questions. Get them all right and the Open Hand seal is yours. Get one wrong and you can reread and try again — as many times as you like, and nothing is recorded against you.

1. What distinguishes an argument from a preference?

   An argument is about checkable risk; a preference is about what you imaginedAn argument is louderA preference is always wrong

2. Why ask for evidence rather than asking them to reconsider?

   Evidence questions are answerable, and a gap they find themselves persuades moreIt takes less timeIt avoids the subject entirely

3. What does making funding conditional on the subject cost?

   Nothing, if the parent is rightOnly the scholarship optionsA compliant teenager and a resentful adult, with time lost either way