Dan

Dan chose prayer in public schools as his topic (see his essay draft); Angie, Melissa, Sue, Jeff White, and I then engaged in dialogue about the substance of the issue, during which Dan had to clarify his thesis and defend his viewpoint. In this instance, Dan started with and ended with a firm belief, expressed fairly clearly in his essay text. Challenges to Dan deflected off his topic and opened up new subjects (teaching religion in schools and cult groups).