Kristi Girdharry

Absolutely.

And I think students fear that as much as we do.

That, you know, I think that instructors need to be really transparent with their students.

And I actually think that's a good pedagogical practice anyway.

Like when you're teaching someone, they should know, like, why?

Why am I being assigned this?

Why is this the right assessment?

And so I kind of...

lead with my own values with students.

Like, you know, I want you to get this out of this thing.

And I try to be transparent.

So, you know, if you're going to, let's say, go into a career or go into like a family where you think you might ever need to make an argument, then practicing it here or you can write a thesis statement or a central claim and you could make mistakes, right?

You can get feedback in a way that

The stakes aren't as high.

I mean, grades feel very high stakes to students.

But really, if we're focusing on the learning, then this is a practice.

It's great for students.

Yeah, I mean, I think about it as it's like a muscle, right?

And so like we're in March Madness time right now, it's basketball.

And like, you know, those players are incredible, but they didn't like come out of the womb, like shooting free throws, right?