Student guide: The Trust Drift Challenge

1. Open the fictional Email Lasagna packet. Do not substitute a real workplace thread.
2. Before discussing it, circle statements that sound like decisions and flag information whose author, date, or status is unclear.
3. Sort each claim in the Lab Notebook: current authority, historical context, draft, quote, illustration, joke, or unknown.
4. For one uncertain claim, write the smallest question that would reveal the source of truth.
5. If a facilitator offers an AI summary, compare it with your labels. Mark any assumption the summary makes on weak evidence.
6. Record one small structure improvement and download your notebook before leaving.

Recovery tips

If your team cannot decide, use unknown and write what evidence is missing. If a claim looks official because it is formatted confidently, return to the author, date, role, and record. If a discussion moves toward private workplace history, return to the fictional packet.

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Source: labs/trust-drift-challenge/companions/student-step-by-step.md