Teachers usually turn to experiential education when they aredissatisfied with the so-called traditional classroom. At its worst,conventional teaching dissects the political world into an array ofcomponent parts. Sometimes students read the latest scholarship, butthe treatment of politics is often either blandly descriptive or tooabstract. This type of teaching can rob politics of its pulsingenergy, which, ironically, attracted many political scientists intothe field. While most political scientists find politics exciting,the norms of the discipline can enervate the importance and drama ofpolitics. Student calls for more “current events” are a frequentresponse to these academic experiences.