Listen as a student consults with the professor. Hi professor Scott could I talk with you for a moment certainly I have office hours now so this is the perfect time to talk with me. What's your question well I'd like I like to talk about the Arab project for your political science class. You have a question. But we talked about the project quite a bit today in class. Okay well what's your question. Well what you said was clear but I I like to do it a bit differently if I could. What did you want to change. Well you said we should get together with another student for the project the two of us should work together but I would rather work alone I'd rather do the project by myself. Well I don't think that would work out very well because you know you're supposed to choose an issue one it's interesting to you. And then present the issue clearly so everyone understands it. Then I want you to have a debate where each one of you presents a different side of the issue and you each arguing the issue from a different perspective. I was thinking I could present the issue and then discuss each side of the issue myself. Talk about one side of the issue very thoroughly and then talk about the other side just as thoroughly. I don't think that would work out too well because I want you not just present each side of the issue. I want you to actually discuss the issue to debated when you really can't debate an issue yourself. But I really want to work on this myself and I'm willing to prepare both sides of the issue in order to work on it alone. Well that raises another argument because I really want you to work with another student. This assignment isn't just about learning about an issue it's about being able to work with another student to debate an issue convincingly with someone else. So I really need to find a partner to work with. Yes that's the assignment and I'd really like you to do it as I assigned. Here's a list of students from the class who are looking for partners for the project. Why don't you talk with some of them and see if you can find someone you'd like to work with.