Tom Mendola Case
When we discussed the Tom Mendola case in class, Prof. Polinski took a different approach than he did with the other cases. For the other cases we split into small groups and came to our own conclusions about the case and the questions asked. This time he divided the class in two and told us what side we would be taking. This proved to be quite difficult for me. I was in favor of firing Tom, but I was on the side which was against firing him. This forced me to look at the argument from a different stance.
It was interesting to argue against his firing because I was basically taking everything I thought and turning it around. I felt a bit foolish at points when someone would make an argument I agreed with and then I made an argument against it.
I thought this was a good approach in teaching the class that sometimes it's not easy to distinguish two clear sides of an argument.
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