Thread: Should high school students have to read Shakespeare?
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Old 03-25-2011, 09:10 AM   #26
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Originally Posted by Hamlet53 View Post
Well as I see it there are two reasons to read Shakespeare:
  1. To achieve a common education in our literature and culture.
  2. To enhance reading ability, expand vocabulary, and teach the ability to grasp and analyze the written word.
I agree with these points. Movies can be a tool to help education, but at some point, the real language needs to be taught. Shakespeare is an excellent teaching tool that actually require's a student to use their brain.

Try IMing with a teenager these days. The fact that English is being taught with movies instead of books becomes clear pretty quick.
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