In this response to Kevin St. Jarre's article "Reinventing Social Studies", the author agrees with St. Jarre that the social studies curriculum needs to change. However, he stresses that the improvement process will not be easy. Creating university social science and social studies courses that would prepare secondary teachers with the knowledge and skills to do the things St. Jarre proposes is a daunting task. While not impossible, it requires faculty members who are committed to improving the preservice preparation of social studies teachers. Likewise, university officials, deans, and tenure and promotion committees will need to develop creative paths that reward faculty members for their intellectual efforts. The author also argues that students should be included in this reform process by asking them what connects with them, what arouses their curiosity, what they would like to know more about in social studies, and how they would like to demonstrate to various audiences their powerful learning in social studies. (Contains 4 endnotes.)