Tipping in right direction

AUBURN - An iPod commercial inspired Stefan Nguyen to write his Cayuga Reads essay on Malcolm Gladwell's book “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference.”

“I remembered a few years back when iPod first came out,” said the 17-year-old from Auburn, a senior at Auburn High School. “Now they are everywhere so I thought it was a good thing to write about.”

Nguyen is enrolled in Auburn High School teacher Diana Jacob's Cayuga Community College introductory English class at the high school. Jacobs - as well as her fellow high school and CCC English teacher Deborah Rielly - assigned her CCC students to participate in the essay and poem contest. Jacobs assigned the essay; Rielly assigned the poem.