While teaching some of the same novels you listed I had the feeling that one of my biggest challenges was to transfer my “passion” for those works into the hearts and minds of the high school students in my classes. I felt ike a relic from the library generation trying to infuse enthusiasm into the computer, smart phone, text/tweet generation. Of course a talented teacher can make the classics come alive, to some extent. Good to see you are staying connected to your old campus.

Doug Edwards
Cal State San Bernardino, BA English
Claremont Graduate School, MA Eng./American Lit.