Slacker Prompt

Apologies for the delay in getting a prompt up, folks.  Call this week a slacker prompt and write about what you will.

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You might describe for me how you go about getting students to make their arguments more complicated.  I'm sure you know what I mean.  You have a student whose thesis is "Gun control is stupid" and who doesn't seem to push the argument much beyond that.  How do you approach it?