I think it is very intriguing how Webb made such a deep and meaningful lesson for his students and himself without even really trying. He jut used the resources he had, and made the best of it, which i think was a lot more successful than he had hoped for. It is also interesting that the reader response and cultural studies are two theories that one would not right away put together, however, when they were used in Webb's classroom it is only normal to see how they would flow well together, and be able to build off the strengths and weaknesses of the other theory. Where reader response lacks, cultural studies fills in and vice versa.
It was a little disappointing to hear that the class Webb was teaching was taken out of the curriculum to follow a more standardized textbook content track. However, it was nice to see that Webb didn't give up his drive to change his ways of teaching. Something that i thought was really nice to hear that Webb learned was that he realized he needed to respect his students' responses and allow their questions and interests to set where the class discussion was going. I believe in this as well, especially when you are trying to make a meaningful lesson because if the student are interested in what they are reading about, writing about and talking about they will be more willing to participate and the class will have a richer conversation for it.
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I was totally bummed too after reading that Webb's class was taken out of the curriculum. I was very intrigued by his approaches to a course that he had not been familiar with, espcially since future teachers like you and I may be in that situation some day as well.
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