Sometimes when teaching my class I have my doubts. Am I the
only one that thinks this material is important? I’ll mention books in class that none
of my students have heard of, then the next day find them on a list of
important books that the Library of Congress has put together. When I first
asked my class about Twitter, no one had heard of it. Now Twitter has half a
billion users, including many of the students I teach. For years I have been
showing the films of George Melies in class, then Martin Scorsese creates the
movie “Hugo” and wins five Oscars. I’ve been showing the photographs
of Lewis Hines in my class for several years now. I came across this item from CBS. It made my hair stand on end.
