He has taught all grades and levels of high school English, and currently teaches AP English Language and Composition and Shakespeare 101 and 102. On his blog,Caffeinated Rage, Egan writes often about the assault on public education by legislators in his state who have lowered teachers’ pay, cut per-pupil spending, removed due-process rights for some teachers as well as class size requirements, among many other things. In the following post, he gives a literary assignment to North Carolina lawmakers for some reading over the summer. His hope is that these policy-makers will come to better understand people who don’t live or look like they do.