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Fri Apr 3, 2026, 01:38 AM

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Speaking of students quoting Shakespeare, when I was in high school, we had students monitors in the halls and cafeteria. They could give out detention slips to students who broke rules after getting a warning, and stop them to check for a hall pass if they were in the halls during class time.

After reading Hamlet, they quoted it when stopping someone. "Stand and unfold yourself!"

In chemistry class, someone would pop up with, "Fire burn and cauldron bubble." (Macbeth)

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5 Reasons Why Shakespeare Should Not Be Required in Schools [View all] GreatGazoo Wednesday OP

Shakespeare's themes are timeless. Unless this is an April Fool's prank, I find it ridiculous. hlthe2b Wednesday #1

I'm sincere GreatGazoo Wednesday #4

What total BS. Just like all but claiming the UK has no tanks but only royal horses hlthe2b Wednesday #7

I have said nice things too about the UK GreatGazoo Wednesday #21

Then you haven't read my post(s) hlthe2b Wednesday #22

Um GreatGazoo Yesterday #37

Once again, you have NOT read (or at least comprehended) my posts that do counter you. hlthe2b Yesterday #39

Nonsense. Reasons why Shakespeare SHOULD continue to be taught in schools. wnylib Wednesday #18

Thanks for your well reasoned response GreatGazoo Wednesday #23

I was not saying that Shakespeare's plays are wnylib Wednesday #27

I find that era fascinating GreatGazoo Wednesday #32

That "tomorrow" quote from Macbeth is one that I've memorized. wnylib Wednesday #35

My car broke down near Mechanicsville (appropriate name) CA GreatGazoo Yesterday #38

Popular quote. wnylib 14 hrs ago #60

This message was self-deleted by its author NNadir 13 hrs ago #61

Remind us of anyone in the here and now? Mme. Defarge Wednesday #9

Guillotine! Guillotine! MyOwnPeace Wednesday #31

So many shrouds Mme. Defarge Wednesday #33

I was one of the 2 kids..... MyOwnPeace Wednesday #34

Semi agreeable. It would close off connections with cachukis Wednesday #2

We'll, as the old joke goes... perfessor Wednesday #3

Or Cunk's line: GreatGazoo Wednesday #8

Yeah! "To bee or not to bee" was first said by an apiarist! Wonder Why Wednesday #11

I note your earlier post is asserting UK has 501 royal horses & only 334 tanks. (eyeroll) hlthe2b Wednesday #5

Nix on "Streetcar". Never understood why that piece of crap is considered art. eppur_se_muova Wednesday #6

I finally saw 'Glass Menagerie' last year GreatGazoo Wednesday #12

Tennesse Williams' voice was eloquent and urgent. CTyankee Yesterday #41

When I was in seventh grade, I read through all of the Shakespeare comedies. I loved them. Walleye Wednesday #10

How did you feel about having to sit through them GreatGazoo Wednesday #13

I saw a magnificent stage performance of Macbeth wnylib Wednesday #20

Not A Fan ProfessorGAC Wednesday #14

There is one for today "King Leer"[sic] Wonder Why Wednesday #15

You're not considering the historical significance... Rizen Wednesday #16

Didn't mention it but yes Shakespeare is printed at roughly the same time GreatGazoo Wednesday #25

I love the King James Version of the Bible. My father's Masonic Bible is a treasure I handed down to my son. CTyankee Yesterday #42

Love Shakespeare. Always have, since first reading his plays in 6th grade. Years ago, two highplainsdem Wednesday #17

You forgot the sarcasm tag. malthaussen Wednesday #19

I listed five plays from the 20th century GreatGazoo Wednesday #28

You must be fun at Shakespeare parties. A-Schwarzenegger Wednesday #24

Get me to a nunnery! GreatGazoo Wednesday #30

Did Timothy Chalamet post this? Sneederbunk Wednesday #26

Ohhh. GreatGazoo Wednesday #29

When I still lived in Louisville, Bayard Wednesday #36

Anti-intellectualism at its finest. Coventina Yesterday #40

Is the grammar of this sentence correct? GreatGazoo Yesterday #44

By that logic, we shouldn't study art or music of the past either. Coventina Yesterday #45

Music is subjective. Grammar isn't. GreatGazoo Yesterday #47

Shakespeare has never been taught as "proper grammar." That notion is silly. Coventina Yesterday #49

"greatest writer" implies that the grammar is as good as it gets GreatGazoo 6 hrs ago #64

It implies no such thing. Please cite scholars who claim this. Coventina 2 hrs ago #65

Can you not see or feel A-Schwarzenegger Yesterday #48

Yes - I love that line GreatGazoo Yesterday #50

Those arent errors. A-Schwarzenegger Yesterday #51

We can't know what the author intended because they were deceased when The Tempest GreatGazoo 7 hrs ago #63

Curious, snot 23 min ago #70

... Xavier Breath Yesterday #43

Can anyone make sense of this? GreatGazoo Yesterday #46

This is bullshit. Maybe modern high school students could handle it just fine Ocelot II 23 hrs ago #52

Bach is perfect GreatGazoo 22 hrs ago #56

I've always loved Shakespeare. I took Shakespeare in my college English Dept. and acted in Twelfth Night... wcmagumba 23 hrs ago #53

I will take Shakespeare any day over some of the other dreck we read in high school. 3catwoman3 23 hrs ago #54

I had a personal hatred for Shirley Jackson and Flannery O'Connor Coventina 23 hrs ago #55

I found many of the 19th century English novels in secondary school canon boring Ilikepurple 22 hrs ago #57

One big problem with writing at that time is that writers were paid by length. Coventina 22 hrs ago #58

None of the plays you listed in number one would be here were it not for Shakespeare. OldBaldy1701E 21 hrs ago #59

Yeah, let's do away with beauty. It's trivial. Video games on cellphones are far more relevant to modern life. NNadir 13 hrs ago #62

Sounds serious Torchlight 2 hrs ago #66

Now do "Beowulf." Iggo 2 hrs ago #67

Totally disagree, and snot 52 min ago #68

Ugh. Our Town. In the top ten of the most boring plays ever written. mwmisses4289 27 min ago #69