Iraq and Everywhere Like Such As

My professor asked me to explain my data analysis out loud. In my own words. Notes right in front of me.I froze.That moment sent me back to my classroom with a question I couldn't shake — how many of my students are submitting work they couldn't explain out loud if someone asked? So I added one element to a summative assessment I'd never tried before. An oral defense.What happened next reminded me of a Miss Teen USA moment from 2007 that the internet has never forgotten. Multiple times. Except my students had weeks to prepare.This episode is about the one moment AI cannot swim for you. The live defense of your own ideas. What the drift looks like when it has nowhere left to hide. And twelve students who put their peer audience's phones down.Through the Undertow. Episode 3: The Iraq and Everywhere Like Such As.