[Albion Wilde]

I teach college. Argumentative students come with the territory. If a student argues with something I said, it’s for one of three reasons:

(a) I made a mistake
(b) He doesn’t understand what I’m saying or
(c) He is being a smartass

It's interesting that your list does not include "Student has a different, but possibly valid, experience or point of view that he (or she) offers for discussion."

[murdoog]

It's interesting that your list does not include "Student has a different, but possibly valid, experience or point of view that he (or she) offers for discussion."

I teach Computer Science, not a humanities discipline, so "different, but possibly valid" doesn't apply very often.

Also, see post 30. :)