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Students choose to never approach it again at good schools and bad. Should teachers that we don't think are good enough to teach Shakespeare teach Our Town ins
by georgeecollins 8y ago
Students choose to never approach it again at good schools and bad. Should teachers that we don't think are good enough to teach Shakespeare teach Our Town instead?
- pavel_lishin 8y agoMy education was deficient; I don't understand the Our Town reference :) But in general, yes - if I were thrown into a classroom as a substitute teacher for a month, I certainly wouldn't teach Shakespeare, because I'm not anywhere near qualified to do so. My wife probably would be - she's the one who enlightened me about a few things in Romeo & Juliet that were completely opaque to me when I read it. But I'd probably focus on the things I felt qualified to teach without reading from a Teacher's Guide To Keeping Students Awake During Hamlet, or whatnot.
- georgeecollins 8y agoOur Town is an American play that, while dated, is easier for a modern audience to understand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Town https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Town