Examples
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Someone says, “That girl is so dumb. She never gets anything right in math.”
o You could say, “Well, maybe math isn’t her thing. I know last year in Social Studies, she
did a really awesome project with this cool video she made.“
o Or maybe, “Yeah, but did you know that she can do a Rubik’s cube in like fifteen
seconds? It’s amazing!”
o Or even, “Yeah, but she’s so funny! At lunch the other day, she told this story about
<whatever> and I laughed so hard, I almost shot milk out of my nose!”