Why are we still forcing Shakespeare on kids for more than one class. It’s fun....but I’ve never been asked a question on Shakespeare throughout my entire career. I’m 73.
I think it’s a new way of getting into controversial subjects with young children. All in the name of literary research of course.
Just like The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park adaptation which includes the shooting of Donald Trump.
We are led to believe this is acceptable because of Shakespeare. If you disagree you are uncultured.
We all know they had pistols in the 1600’s.
Right...
Why are we still forcing Shakespeare on kids for more than one class. It’s fun....but I’ve never been asked a question on Shakespeare throughout my entire career. I’m 73.
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Clearly you don’t watch Jeopardy.
Shakespeare is always a good read. It makes for a well rounded human being. There are lots of things I learned at school that I have not been asked about. Didn’t hurt me to learn it and most always gave me perspective
I haven’t found a use for “To be or not to be” any more than “How now brown cow.” Outside of Algebra class, I’ve never had to use a cosine or logarithm. I did learn to replace a spark plug in high school but can’t think of any other useful education. Other than allowing me time to mature a bit, college was a waste of time and money.
I took a course dedicated to Shakespeare’s plays in college. Professor Nelick stood
up the first day and told us that we were all wasting our time and that he was wasting his time trying to teach us. He said we would not appreciate Shakespeare until we were 40 and older. He was right.
I was given this same assignment in High School. We had to write the note and read it before the classroom.
Because he is a lot smarter than you and actually knew how people interacted.