It would be amazing if the school would let me develop the unit into a Shakespeare class. I seriously doubt it though. Somehow it wouldn't help them achieve their "AYP" or raise the school grade.
Kaylee: You're nice, too. Mal: No, I'm not. I'm a mean old man.
'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Gadget_Girl - Jul 29, 2008 8:07:48 am PDT #9097 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
ChiKat - Jul 29, 2008 8:17:38 am PDT #9098 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I don't remember when we read what, but I remember reading Lear, Caesar, and Othello in high school. Oddly enough, no R&J or Hamlet. I took Shakespeare in college though, so I more than made up for it there.
Waiting for Godot
I played Estragon in that. Good times.
ChiKat - Jul 29, 2008 8:20:07 am PDT #9099 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Somehow it wouldn't help them achieve their "AYP" or raise the school grade.
Actually, it totally would. You would be meeting a ton of literature and writing standards and it would help raise both reading comprehension and writing scores. I bet if you spin it that way, they'd be more open to it.
Vortex - Jul 29, 2008 9:09:36 am PDT #9100 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I remember now -- R&J freshman year, Taming of the Shrew sophomor year, Macbeth junior year, and Hamlet senior year.
I had to be physically restrained from leaving the Mel Gibson Hamlet. We were all sitting there, sighing at a broody, wet Mel Gibson at the funeral, when suddenly it occurred to me - wait, he can't be at the funeral. That's the whole freaking point, that he wasn't there and his uncle usurped the throne!! This was whispered furiously and at rather a high volume for a whisper. There was murmuring, then the everyone else settled down to watch the pretty. I seethed.
WindSparrow - Jul 29, 2008 9:09:40 am PDT #9101 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
The only thing that they care about is money.
Vortex, at this realization, it would become for me something akin to a moral imperative to have their stipends reduced, PITA paperwork or no. They NEED to lose something they value over it. It's too bad you would not be able to get the money for yourself and then flaunt it in their general direction.
Daisy Jane - Jul 29, 2008 9:14:36 am PDT #9102 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
One of those other bands is Fair to Midland, who have a bit of a following.
WindSparrow - Jul 29, 2008 9:19:00 am PDT #9103 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
As for Shakespeare, our school, some of the 9th grade classes did R&J, but the one I happened to be in, did not. Not that I mind, as I never have had any use for teen movies, I don't care who wrote 'em. Sorry Billy, not even you. 10th grade was Ceasar, which was interesting to read but killer to write about. 11th grade we got various sonnets, the Scottish Play, and Hamlet. 12th is when things got interesting. The AP class got Lear, Othello, and several of the comedies.
Miracleman - Jul 29, 2008 9:24:37 am PDT #9104 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
SailAweigh - Jul 29, 2008 9:34:09 am PDT #9105 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I swear, MM, you make me want to laugh until I cry, but that wouldn't fly well at work.
help me....
Gadget_Girl - Jul 29, 2008 9:39:14 am PDT #9106 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
I bet if you spin it that way, they'd be more open to it.
I agree; however, it tends to be a little like "Crazy drama teacher suggested it so, even though she has data to back it up, it automatically is a stupid idea and we won't look into it." I tried to bring back dual-enrollment Humanities this year and they blocked me at every turn.