In some classes, the debates went well. I was really impressed with the effort and the research they put into their arguments. Other debates were not so good.
One group argued the atomic bomb should not have been dropped because the radiation from the explosion mutated the people in the cities -- thus creating the Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles
Another group's concluding statement was as follows:
"To put it in relatable terms, Japan is like Mr. [my last name]'s beard. If we had not come in and shaved it then it would have grown and continued this terrible war. If we had not done what we did then his beard, AKA 'America', would not be the way it is today. It ended the war and all the additional deaths that would have occurred."
wow. my beard was just called America.
another group started their debate,
"I want everyone to close their eyes. Picture you are in a field. It's a huge field, full of colorful flowers. It's a bright, sunny, and warm day. Now picture you're lying in the field, surrounded by hundreds of cute puppies. Now imagine they are all dead ... that is what the bomb did."
teaching is weird.
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