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Originally Posted by leebase
The reason to read Shakespeare's isn't "these are the best written stories" but they are the foundation stories to so much of western literature. Even when something isn't a direct take on Shakespeare it is often inspired by his work.
But I agree...the classics are not about "learning to love reading". They are "reading to become cultured/encultured".
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I don't care if a lot of other books are based upon Shakespeare's work. They olde English used back them is not appropriate to force kids to read. It's not relevant.
Kids don't need to be cultured/enriched when being forced to read some really awful books in school. These books are not mandatory and the teachers can pick different books. I read Chaucer in school and I hated it. If the teacher wants to pick a similar buy much better book, pick
Hyperion by Dan Simmons. There are ways to teach what you want to teach without ruining the lives of the students. I think forcing thee awful books on the students in a way that makes then no want to read is ruining their lives.