[Grams A]

When I was a sophomore in high school in farming country (during the dark ages), our English teacher introduced us to Romeo and Juliet. Too bad more teachers don’t present the classics in such a way that students learn to understand, enjoy and appreciate them. This lady needs to be honored for her dedication. These students were very lucky indeed.

[ottbmare]

Watching the 1968 Zeffirelli version of Romeo and Juliet, starring two gorgeous and extremely talented teenagers, will teach today’s teenagers that the language of Shakespeare is ageless, just like his themes. Two minutes after the movie starts, the viewer is no longer aware that he’s listening to sixteenth-century English, because everything is completely clear. And everybody is pretty much in tears at the end. It really gets kids over thinking that the language is inaccessible. That’s what my teachers did for me, and it worked. My boy is now studying Macbeth and I’m scratching around for a creepy version of it for him to watch online.

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When I was a sophomore in high school in farming country (during the dark ages), our English teacher introduced us to Romeo and Juliet.

Hey, I think I was in your class! We didn't just read R&J- we acted it out each day. I have read it a dozen times since but most fondly remember my original attempts in that class.