Right, but nothing's new about that. I, like I assume every other American high school student of my time (high school in the 90s), read it and discussed it. We

Right, but nothing's new about that. I, like I assume every other American high school student of my time (high school in the 90s), read it and discussed it. We had the standard book with the text on one side and definitions and help on the other. What's so different about this generation that they can't handle that? Part of your argument is that Shakespeare is not worth learning or being a part of "the canon", which is fine, but it being difficult is irrelevant.