The predominant view among Patrick Henry students is that "you choose your life path, not that things happen to you," she said.
Indeed, until very recently, the predominant view was that the war against the Taliban was America's fight, not Pakistan's.
During the dotcom bubble, the predominant view was that the new information technology was about to completely revolutionise our economies for good.
Most labels had "new media" divisions of one sort or another, but the predominant view was that the Internet had nothing to do with them.
Now we look back and say, 'How on earth could anyone have thought that was sensible?' But that was for a time in fact the predominant view.
Among respectable commentators, the predominant view of that unfortunate occurrence has been that it was much ado about not very much.
But the narrative of technological savvy resonates — and seems almost natural — because it connects with the predominant view of success and power in our era.
At least within the mainstream media, the predominant view was that the sixties, which had weakened so many other forms of authority, had strengthened the press.
The predominant view inside the organisation is that as long as the stock of bonds on the central bank's balance-sheet keeps growing, monetary policy is getting looser.
The predominant view had been that Jews were persecuted for secretly practicing their religion after pretending to convert to Roman Catholicism.
But the predominant view in China is that Watergate was an odd footnote rather than the final word on Mr Nixon's legacy.
