Should Shakespeare be part of our education?

[Zebra]

some say he is too old fashioned

I dont think so ....

 

[Seymour Flops]

Yes.

The works purported to be by William Shakespeare were and are brilliant.

Doesn't matter if your family is from China, Mexico, or Kenya. We speak English now, and it has a rich history that we should learn.

 

[Dr.Destructo]

Shakespeare should be part of the history taught, but not a significant part of it.
He isn't all that, and all he did was write nauseating soap operas.

 

[Crepitus]

some say he is too old fashioned

I dont think so ....

Isn't it already where you are?

It is, or at least used to be here in Kansas.

 

[Zebra]

here he is part of our education

 

[Zebra]

Yes.

The works purported to be by William Shakespeare were and are brilliant.

Doesn't matter if your family is from China, Mexico, or Kenya. We speak English now, and it has a rich history that we should learn.

so you can vote for him here

 

[Zebra]

now 6 of 7 say ..... yes!

 

[JanetTheGreat]

Schools should teach our traditions and fundamental knowledge, so yes.

 

[Moonglow]

We learned about Shakespeare in school in my day...

 

[martybegan]

some say he is too old fashioned

I dont think so ....

Classes on the English Language and English literature/arts almost require teaching Shakespeare due to his influence on both.

 

[psikeyhackr]

What does understanding the world mean? How does the world work today and how is it going to work in 20 years?

I was fixing computers for IBM in 1980.
If someone had come back in a time machine and told me about the smartphone that I am typing on right now, I probably would have called them a liar.

We had to compare Romeo and Juliet to West Side Story when I was in high school. But I was teaching myself electronics at home. After I dropped out of college for Electrical Engineering it was what I taught myself in high school that got me the job at Panasonic.

Shakespeare has been useless my entire life.

The "Literary Intellectuals" have too much influence in education.

Check out "The Two Cultures" essay by C P Snow.

 

[JWBooth]

For a barely literate man, that theatre manager wrote some interesting stuff.

 

[Unkotare]

What does understanding the world mean? How does the world work today and how is it going to work in 20 years?

I was fixing computers for IBM in 1980.
If someone had come back in a time machine and told me about the smartphone that I am typing on right now, I probably would have called them a liar.

We had to compare Romeo and Juliet to West Side Story when I was in high school. But I was teaching myself electronics at home. After I dropped out of college for Electrical Engineering it was what I taught myself in high school that got me the job at Panasonic.

Shakespeare has been useless my entire life.

The "Literary Intellectuals" have too much influence in education.

Check out "The Two Cultures" essay by C P Snow.

Let me guess: it was only the science fiction you read that made any difference. And you want to replace K-12 education with a reading list. Yeah, you've posted all that nonsense a few thousand times already.

 

[multivita-man]

Shakespeare should be part of the history taught, but not a significant part of it.
He isn't all that, and all he did was write nauseating soap operas.

It's literature, not history, dude.

 

[Zebra]

For a barely literate man, that theatre manager wrote some interesting stuff.

He was sent all those plays by Marlowe …. Who really wrote them!

 

[Zebra]

there are also other candidates for the person behind Shakespeare

 

[DGS49]

Shakespeare is a part of our culture, and although it is difficult to read and understand, every American public school student should be "exposed" to it one way or another. Just like the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and American history.

 

[Zebra]

Shakespeare is great!

 

[westwall]

If you're a theatre major, sure. If you're an engineer? Nope.

 

[leftwinger]

Yes.

The works purported to be by William Shakespeare were and are brilliant.

Doesn't matter if your family is from China, Mexico, or Kenya. We speak English now, and it has a rich history that we should learn.

Shove all that BS. Go to a tech school. Learn a productive trade those geazing about in a dumb Oxyen herd.