Thursday, October 9, 2008

Presidential Debate reactions from my class

So, I told my students that they could get extra credit for watching Tuesday's Presidential debate fi they turned in a short paper listing 3 things they liked and disliked about each candidate. Out of the ones turned in so far (about 40), there were 2 things that almost everyone said in their responce, or during our short Q&A in class today.

  1. They didn't like when either candidate talked negatively about the other. Many disliked McCain's snide comments and sarcastic attempts at humor directly negatively at Obama. They also didn't like Obama talking so much about past things that McCain had done.
  2. When asked if the debate changed their mind about who they were voting for, only 2 people raised their hands.
Make what you will of this, but I found it interesting.

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