Inconceivable!

I'm constantly referring to movies when I teach, mostly because I want to keep the students awake and partly because I really do think that the more I can tie boring topics like grammar and APA style to something that is familiar the more relevant it will be.

I always reference the Princess Bride when I talk about using the most exact words possible and using a dictionary along with the thesaurus (I also show a clip from Friends about Joey using a thesaurus). More and more, it seems my students aren't familiar with the movie. Seriously? That's inconceivable! It's only the best movie ever produced.