On the Edge of a Moral Volcano

Lulu taught her first college class at the age of only twenty-two. Like Lucy Snowe – the heroine of Charlotte Brontë’s Villette – she almost found herself engulfed by student mutiny. In this chapter of My Gothic Dissertation, we’ll investigate what happens when students appear to be the villains of the story, and what teachers should and shouldn’t do to right the ship. Plus, hear some brave college instructors read their mean student evals.