One of the many goals of a teacher is to make complicated ideas clear to students.  This is far more difficult than it seems.  Just ask Apple how much work it takes for them to produce sleek, streamlined, and intuitive products.  In the next few weeks I’ll give some tips on how we can accomplish this, but a brilliant example of the complicated made clear is the ongoing series on This American Life from the Planet Money team that explains various facets of the financial crisis.  Give a listen to the previous weekend’s show, “Toxie.”