Why Science Fiction Actually Gets Me Through Teaching Teenagers About Life
You know that moment in class when a kid who hasn’t spoken all semester suddenly raises their hand during a discussion of *The Hunger Games*...
You know that moment in class when a kid who hasn’t spoken all semester suddenly raises their hand during a discussion of *The Hunger Games*...
You know what’s weird? Last Tuesday I was setting up our classroom’s ancient projector—the thing sounds like a dying vacuum cleaner when it starts up—and...
You know what’s weird? I was at a sci-fi convention three years ago – one of those smaller ones in South Jersey where they actually...
There’s this scene in Videodrome where James Woods’ hand literally develops a VHS slot, and every time I watch it – which is probably more...
God, I love it when a story completely blindsides you. Like, you think you know what you’re getting into, and then something shifts and suddenly...
You know that moment when you’re three episodes deep into some sci-fi series at 2 AM and you’re suddenly having an existential crisis about whether...
The first time I showed *2001: A Space Odyssey* to my AP English class, half the students fell asleep during the ape sequence. Can’t blame...
So there I was last Tuesday, trying to convince my AP students that Fahrenheit 451 deserves a spot on their summer reading list, when Marcus...
You know that moment when you discover something amazing and immediately want to grab everyone by the shoulders and ask why they didn’t tell you...
You know what gets me every time I’m watching sci-fi with my students or just binge-watching at home on a Friday night? It’s never the...