[Accygirl]

I find the fact that fourteen/fifteen year olds cannot even skim the surface of a book and even articulate a theme from a book that brodcasts it as loudly as HP very disturbing and speaks very poorly of American culture. I expect most fourteen/ fifteen year olds to be able to understand Shakespeare.

[Dianna]

I find the fact that fourteen/fifteen year olds cannot even skim the surface of a book and even articulate a theme from a book that brodcasts it as loudly as HP very disturbing and speaks very poorly of American culture. I expect most fourteen/ fifteen year olds to be able to understand Shakespeare.

I'm sorry that some teens don't live up to your expectations.

[Tanniker Smith]

I expect most fourteen/ fifteen year olds to be able to understand Shakespeare.

Now that is expecting a lot from a 14-year-old. Granted, I don't think that the teachers understand it all very well either. I think that the only play of his that I enjoyed in class was "King Lear" and that was in college with a professor who was a little more passionate about the subject.

On the other hand, I bought my niece a Shakespeare collection for Christmas several years back at the suggestion of her mother. She enjoyed it a lot.