"Harrison Bergeron" is not one of those stories you soon forget after you finish reading. Much like "The Lottery", it'll first give you chills, and later, maybe even nightmares. Translation: your students will love it or hate it—but they're certainly going to have an opinion about it.

We're Gonna Party Like it's 2081

Everyone likes to speculate about the future. It's mind-boggling to think about how far we've come, especially in an age where your iPhone is outdated almost as soon as you purchase it. (We're a little bitter about that.) However, things still aren't perfect. Today even in the richest nations in the world, hunger, homelessness, violence, and discrimination still abound.

It's easy, then, to drift off and dream of a future where the problems that currently plague our society are solved and everyone is equal after all. That's where "Bergeron" catches us off guard, makes us question concepts such as equality and fairness, and forces us to draw a line in the sand between what we want and how much we're willing to give up to have it.