I don't conclude anything. The standard procedure is "student makes a statement - I give a counter statement".
Ie.
Students say immigration enriches our culture. I respond by asking "what about those who do not want our culture to change", or something like that.
Coming up with counters to a leftist argument is absolutely no problem. Same with right-wing arguments. What is difficult is coming up with a proper response to a moderate, centrist statement.
As for grading, I grade based on how their arguments are built, not what they conclude with(I honestly don't care about the conclusion, other than it having a logical connection to the arguments used).
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