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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
They're not graded on "understanding," either; they're graded on lists of facts and the ability to generate meaningful-sounding phrases with the right buzzwords.
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Precisely. Why read it when I can get the notes from PinkMonkey or SparkNotes and have an even
better understanding of it, which ensures I'm more likely to get a good grade in the class?
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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
I never could read Shakespeare. Mostly because I hate reading poetry. It's not the language, it's not the words. It's the form. I just can't read it. I'll see disjointed sentences, and not the whole. So, I won't understand the story.
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At the risk of being called uncouth, I have the same issues. When it's in paragraph format I can read it and understand it, and I even enjoy the Shakespeare I've read. But the disjointed and hanging lines really throw me. I'm also that person who completely skips over poetry in fantasy novels, even though I love the fantasy genre.