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To: nopardons

I was dragged to a lot of performances of Shakespeare when I was a teen. All I remember is some dude peeing on the stage and how funny my Old Maid aunt English teacher (liberal!) thought that was. The places we visited were more memorable because they were beautiful and full of history. We read Shakespeare in junior high and high school. I did not have any appreciation for the language at the time. I took a Shakespeare course in college and loved it!

Four out of five of our oldest children are extremely well read. They all attended public schools and had at least one year of home schooling. They love reading. The outlier had trouble reading for years due to some undiagnosed reading issue. By the time he was in high school, he was reading much better. He can take apart and put together the most complicated of military equipment, so I guess it is ok that he doesn’t quote Shakespeare. :-)


93 posted on 06/20/2018 8:35:27 PM PDT by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: petitfour
Though an important part of both history and literature/plays, Shakespeare isn't the be all to end all.

An actor urinated on the stage? REALLY? That's NOT called for in ANY play written by Shakespeare!

The thing is, one does NOT have to "like" Shakespeare or any other great work; just knowing it, really is enough. OTOH,there are almost as many everyday quotes, used in every day speech, that come from his plays, as the ones we use that come from the Bible. So it is a good thing to understand/know that.

Being a well rounded, well educated person has more or less fallen out of fashion, today; sadly.

Good for ALL of your kids!

It's a damned shame that you child with the reading problem wasn't helped with it at school! There actually ARE methods which can and DO help people who have an underlying problem.

94 posted on 06/20/2018 8:47:19 PM PDT by nopardons
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