March 28, 2003

Surveying Billy Bob and Sophomore Lit

By LESLIE M. WILLIAMS

They lie in wait for us that first day of class -- sophomores armed with their Norton anthologies and their expectations that we, as professors, will not merely interest them, but somehow make the frighteningly unreadable texts meaningful to their lives.

Keeping in mind what Disney and Oprah (along with all good classroom teachers) have in common, I have always tried to know my audience. I have taught at a mammoth state university, a tiny private university, a small state

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