Sunday, April 15, 2012

Shakespeare

I think that Willaim Shakespeare should not be read in high school because kids really do not care about his plays and i think they would rather read something that has to do with real events about history and other interesting stuff like that. I personally do not like shakespeare though so that would be my opinion and you may get other opinions if you ask other people. I think books about history are a better fit because I like history and it is more educational than shakespeare because all of the stories that shakespeare tells are fictional and not very close to the real events. I do think he was a very talented man though and could have achieved much fame and wealth if people back then knew how talented he was. Also he wrote his plays four hundred years ago and I think that we should read something more modern. I think his plays are boring because nothing really happens its just all about the good english. I definently would not want to read shakespeare in my free time and I also wouldn't like it if we read it in school. I do however read history related things at home sometimes (not books) because I think it is interesting and would be interested more if we read it in school. We should read books about WWII and other stuff like that because it is more interesting and has more action to it. Again me and Matt Battaglia do not like shakespeare and we would both rather read a book about WWII because it is more interesting and has a little bit more action to it. Not that shakespeare dosen't have any action because it does have some but history books have alot more of it and it can keep me and Matt interested. I think I would be more likely to do well on a test about WWII because I am interested in it and I am more likely to be paying attention to it. This was my opinion on the blog post and I hope you enjoyed it.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Steven,

    Thanks for your thoughts on this blog post. I am sympathetic to the fact that many high school students find reading Shakespeare a somewhat grueling task. Although reading a book about WWII would be a very entertaining exercise, I am not sure that it would fit in perfectly with our English curriculum. I'll try to add some more entertaining aspects to our study of Hamlet in the future. Make sure to post these blog entries on time!

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