We Are Smarter Than Our Students

By MIRIAM KALMAN HARRIS

I'm standing at the blackboard writing out words used to define the elements of fiction: "plot, character, setting. Irony, metaphor, symbol. Climax. Denouement."

The hum of chatter rises from the cluster of students over my right shoulder. They've been disruptive since the class began, since the semester began. Teaching at a community college with a student body...

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