. . . O.K., I don't think he knew that he was talking about tRATs, but he was: "Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates invention. It shocks us out of sheep-like passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving...conflict is a sine qua non of reflection and ingenuity." - John Dewey -M Michael Sweet, Ph.D. Director of Instructional Development, Center for Teaching and Learning The University of Texas at Austin MAI 2206 | Mail Stop G2100 | (512) 232-1775 | http://ctl.utexas.edu