Sandie Friedmans This Way for Vampires: Teaching First-Year Composition in Challenging Times. The past two weeks Ive asked you to work quite a bit with Sandie Friedmans 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?