Shakespeare Should Not Be Taught In School

Shakespeare died 400 years ago. He is the only required author in the 9th grade Common Core. Why is that? Shakespeare is a world-known English, actor, playwright, and writer. He wrote 38 plays, poems, and sonnets. He is being taught in freshman English classes in high schools, and making these freshmen miserable. Shakespeare should not be included in the 9th grade curriculum because it is hard to understand, not relevant, and meant for the theatre and not a

Students aren't the only ones who need to learn the message behind Shakespeare, adults at times need to as well. The message teaches people about the world, and about how peoples decisions catch up with them at times."Shakespeare Teaches us about love, honor, duty. About parents and children. About ambition and greed. These are the things that all of us face, the things that make us human." (J. Holtham, 2). The message is quite clear in a way. If Shakespeare can teach us about human conditions, then anyone can. "I don’t believe that a long-dead, British guy is the only writer who can teach my students about human condition. I do not believe that not viewing "Romeo and Juliet" or any other modern adaptation of a Shakespeare play will make my students less able to go out into the world and understand language or human behavior." (Dana Dusbiber, 1). There are other authors out in the world who have the same message, why not read a new author, rather than Shakespeare? Shakespeare uses his own words in his own way, to show that what he is trying to tell us about love and greed, are important, and no one else could teach us better. "Shakespeare is more then just a 'long-old dead British guy' and I believe he has as much to teach us about the

Simply stated, students should study Shakespeare's works in school because of the incredible value within them. In addition to exposing students to a multitude of literary techniques, Shakespeare's plays challenge the student with difficult language and style, express a profound knowledge of human behavior and offer insight into the world around us.William Shakespeare is recognized by much of the world as the greatest of all dramatists. The intricate meanings, extensive vocabulary, and powerful imagery contained within his works demonstrate the phenomenal story telling ability of the English playwright. "Shakespeare's use of poetry within his plays to express the deepest levels of human motivation in individual, social and universal

Some people think that the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, should not be taught in school. Others think that it should. In my opinion, this great story should be taught in school. It has so much potential to teach students about great pieces of literature. A story about two lovers that cannot love – such an interesting classic to read. “..It is founded on an idle passion between a boy and a girl, who have scarcely seen and can have but little sympathy or rational esteem for one another, who have had no experience of the good or ills of life and whose raptures or despair must be therefore equally groundless and fantastical” (Hazlitt 33). It has a lot of vocab in it, which will help students enhance their vocab skills, it will stretch students’ reading areas because when people read it, they have a harder time than normal to read, and it will help people understand other hard pieces of writing later on in life. The great story by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, an overall great story, should be read in school because it

Shakespeare should not be taught in the 9th grade curriculum because the language is too difficult for students to understand, it’s too vulgar, and he is not important.

William Shakespeare should not be taught in ninth grade because it has lack a of proper english.The language may have been considered proper back then when it was used, but in current society it is not used, therefore is no longer necessary to be taught. Some readers can be confused about what they are saying, which is not good when you are trying to point out important facts about certain things. Critics think that they should change the wording to the so people can understand. If the actors could have change it the english if they wanted to.The use of the old english is unuseful at the point now.

“For all but a few...reading Shakespeare is a form of torture” (Robshaw 402) and “few people realize how much englished has changed in the last generation” (Robshaw 401). Shakespeare was taught so long ago that the generation we’re in now is much different, so the students now days don't really want to learn it because it's so old. Our English teachers should teach more things that are of our generation than teach us about 400 years ago.

“I was young and missed the point entirely, was unable to behind the words and as it were, the diction, to what the poet was saying.” We live in a society today that if at first we don’t understand, then it’s not our fault it’s the author’s. I agree with Baldwin message of it being hard to understand without our own experiences to reflect on as we read Shakespeare different playwrights. Are we teaching Shakespeare too soon in schools? This can be debated with the fact that they may not have an experience that they can relate to Shakespeare work, which may lead to why so many American’s hated reading him in high school. The other side of this can be debated should schools be teaching Shakespeare earlier? As kids grow they can relate their experiences back to Shakespeare.

William Shakespeare is a writer, from a few centuries ago, who has had a major influence on many movies and stories that are made today. His stories and plays may seem a little hard to understand, but once you get passed that, you will literally be hooked onto the story. There's this little debate going on about whether or not William Shakespeare should be taught at school. In my opinion, I think he should be taught at school.

While many high school students believe Shakespeare is not relevant today, I believe Shakespeare and his writings are relevant because they are a good influence and they bring people and countries closer together while expanding the reader’s vocabulary.

Walking into any ninth hour class you see eyes flitting towards the clock on the wall, fingers itching to respond to new text messages, and students fighting to keep their attention on the lesson. However this isn’t so much the case when I walk into my ninth hour english classroom during the Shakespeare unit. I see kids enthusiastically pulling out their plays, some avidly listening for their first cue, and others diving into the characters minds and actions. Schools should keep Shakespeare since he is a staple that our students need to experience at least once in their lifetime.

Should Shakespeare be in the ninth grade curriculum? Thats a great question, well Shakespeare was born in 1564,Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom and he died in April 23, 1616. Nobody really knew when he was born or knew like everything about him. But all that we know is that he was an amazing poet and the Bard still makes a big impact on a lot of people lives now a days. The question is should Shakespeare still be taught in classes and I think he should because he wrote practically almost everything that we know and face today.

William Shakespeare has been taught in classrooms all across the world for many years. Many people believe that Shakespeare is vital in the curriculum while others feel that Shakespeare has fallen by the wayside. Continuing to teach Shakespeare is neither important nor valuable because it does not prepare students for the future, it narrows their cultural perspective, and the same lessons can be taught with modern texts.

Whether Shakespeare should continue to be taught or left in the past has been up for debate for years now. While some parties argue that Shakespeare's works should not be taught in schools because they are boring and difficult to read, other parties argue back saying that Shakespeare's work can help expand a student's vocabulary and that the storylines of the plays can be immersing. It has been argued that Shakespeare may also be able to help patients with dementia and depression. One party has even argued that Shakespeare's works are the birth of modern art today. There is also the party that claims Shakespeare’s works are what keep the brain excited because it can never predict what's going to happen next. Another party argues the Shakespeare’s

“To be or not to be, that is the question” a famous quote from William Shakespeare. A Question so mysterious, no one has found an answer. Until this days the answer has never been revealed and I present it to you now. (“Not to be” appears on the PowerPoint) that’s it. That is why I am here. I am here to tell you why William Shakespeare is not to be studied in schools. I will achieve this by exploding your mind with 3 arguments. My mind exploding arguments are: That the plots of his plays are extremely unrealistic, that the characters cannot be related to and are extremely bad role models, and that the themes do not make any sense. So let’s get started.