The 11th grade faces gazing back at me as I taught my first class nearly 23 years ago represented what were then called "general" English students. These were the kids no one believed would make it to college. Enticing them to engage in a conversation about the themes of betrayal and revenge in a short story by Joyce Carol Oates was the highlight of my junior year in college. I knew I wouldn't be satisfied unless I could find a way to make education relevant and accessible to everyone.