Devil's Advocate
In a meeting about students failing algebra, a colleague 'playing devil's advocate' turns out to be representing an actual devil.
Content note: Depicts a devil (comic).
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-06-07-devil-s-advocate/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
A: "Too many students are failing algebra. We have to do something." B: "Well, just to play devil's advocate..."
C: "Oh great. Here we go again." [A devil whispers to B: "psst psst psst..."]
B: "My client wonders if perhaps this is just the system working as it should." C: "WHY IS THE DEVIL EVEN IN THIS MEETING"