Vampires: Teaching First-Year Composition in ‘Challenging Times.’” Do you agree with Friedman that popular culture,

Sandie Friedman’s “This Way for Vampires: Teaching First-Year Composition in ‘Challenging Times.’” The past two weeks I’ve asked you to work quite a bit with Sandie Friedman’s “This Way for Vampires: Teaching First-Year Composition in ‘Challenging Times.’” Do you agree with Friedman that popular culture, current events, and the like are good subjects to write about and discuss in a writing class? Why? Why not?