Teaching is, sometimes, about trying new things. Mixing up your routines keeps students interested—even if the changes make your days uncomfortable and require more work. As a break from our slog through Hofstadter’s Anti-Intellectualism book I allowed my UIC Honors students to select a related film for screening. They chose Idiocracy, so I went with it—despite having never screened it. We made the best of it, warts and all. Because of our context, I created a guide for critical thinking about the movie. See below. Since this was the first time I’ve screened the film in class, and since this Read more