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Second, how sad is that for the people who don't get to read it because they don't have a "great" teacher It's not sad at all. You don't regret what you don't
by hfdgiutdryg 8y ago
Second, how sad is that for the people who don't get to read it because they don't have a "great" teacher
It's not sad at all. You don't regret what you don't know you missed. Let them discover it on their own, from a better source, at a later date.
Shakespeare study was one of the worst periods in my education. It's boring, irrelevant, and to this day I don't understand the obsession. I'd rather that any child read the full works of Steinbeck than anything by Shakespeare.
It reminds me of the way we learned geometric proofs in 8th grade. When I finally got into proper algebraic proofs in college it was an indescribable joy.
- georgeecollins 8y agoIf you think it is irrelevant there is probably a lot of things going on in contemporary books and plays that are going over your head. Which is fine. But why keep others away from it because you didn't like it?
- hfdgiutdryg 8y agoIf you think it is irrelevant there is probably a lot of things going on in contemporary books and plays that are going over your head I don't watch plays, and I doubt I'm missing many Shakespeare references in modern books. Even if I am, I don't lament what I don't know I'm missing. But why keep others away from it because you didn't like it? Because it's an enormous time sink that could be better used on other things. Why turn so many kids off of plays, poetry, and appreciation of literature because of an obsession with one playwright?