I tried something new for my first bankruptcy class today. I wrote the word "bankrupt(cy)" on the board, and asked the students to write down the first word that came to their minds. I called roll (that's not new for the first day) and asked them to report their word. One student wrote them all on the board. It was a great exercise. The words more or less provided the context for the entire remaining 65 minutes of class.
One surprise: there were about 30 students relating words that basically amounted to "broke" (20 actual "broke"s). There was only one "deadbeat." I am sure it would not have come out that way when I first taught related subjects in 2005.
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