when education doesn't suck

Another batch of sophomores, another trip through The Bald Soprano, with delightfully frustrating results. "It doesn't make any sense!" is the common complaint, and eye-rolling greets my inevitable response: "No, it doesn't, and yes it does." The class structure, inductive reasoning, and logic all fall prey to Ionescu's savage wit. Best moment of instruction always involves the Moebius strip, which is patently magical in its defiance of categorization (does it have one side, or two?). Teaching can be fun, and even fascinating, if only for minutes in a high-school day.