When LaCrisia Larkin was in middle school, she was afforded the opportunity to play a part in “Conrack,” a 1974 film based on the book “The Water is Wide” by Pat Conroy. The book, and subsequently the film, autobiographically highlighted Conroy’s work as a teacher on Daufuskie Island in South Carolina, a poor community with little connection to the mainland. During his tenure as a teacher there, Conroy, like most effective teachers, attempted to open the students’ eyes to the outside world, despite administrative resistance.