I've been a high school English teacher for eleven years, and I notice that when students read classic novels like 'The Great Gatsby' or '1984', they often struggle to connect—until I pair the text with a modern song or a YouTube video. That makes me wonder: is teaching literature without digital media missing the mark in 2024? A colleague argues that novels teach patience in a world of TikTok-length attention spans, but I've seen spark ignite when a student realizes a Jay-Z lyric mirrors Fitzgerald's critique of the American Dream. Could incorporating more media actually deepen literary analysis instead of diluting it? I'm genuinely torn—some of my best discussions still come from a silent twenty-minute reading block, but I fear we're losing kids who need that bridge to see why these old books matter.