And this quarter I may try to have a “class bibliography” or some assignment to get everyone together. Last time was a little tricky when the projects were so different. If I use “South Africa” as the theme, I’ll get bonus points for internationalizing the curriculum. Then each student could pick some area of interest related to S.A. — what do you think?

Oh, and regarding “right to fail,” I guess that’s true, but I hope no one ever says that out loud here.