That is to say, I am not a fan of the student centered class as it is often

outlined. I have had too many experiences and good teachers that have

pointed me in directions and made things that I thought dull, very

interesting and important. If we only stayed with those thing we knew and

were interested in, life would be dull indeed (not to mention very limited).

We are after all rhetoricians. The trick is not to let students decide the

way, but to get them to think they are deciding the way. Rhetoric can be a

really interesting thing to learn (even if students don't know what it is

when they begin the course).