Okay, I'm officially an Angelino. That was a scary quake, though thankfully it was short.
Early: You folks are all insane. Simon: Well, my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.
'Objects In Space'
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.
Pix - Jul 29, 2008 10:03:37 am PDT #9115 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Fred Pete - Jul 29, 2008 10:07:59 am PDT #9116 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
My school system was a little different. 8th grade got Midsummer Night's Dream (which I didn't read, because we moved into that district after I finished 8th grade), freshman got Merchant of Venice, sophomores got Julius Caesar.
For junior and senior years, we had to take four one-semester courses, with at least one each in literature, writing, and speaking. My sophomore English teacher warned us away from English Lit, so I took World Lit. So, no Shakespeare for me then.
Gadget_Girl - Jul 29, 2008 10:09:15 am PDT #9117 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
Hope everyone is OK after the earthquake.
EpicTangent - Jul 29, 2008 10:09:22 am PDT #9118 of 10001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
That was a scary quake, though thankfully it was short.
From San Diego it was just a kinda fun quake, but I thought it felt pretty long. Anyway, congrats on your official initiation!
NoiseDesign - Jul 29, 2008 10:09:26 am PDT #9119 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
Call me a heathen, especially since I work in theatre, but I think Shakespeare is overtaught. There are so many other valuable works of drama that are left out of curriculum to put in more Shakespeare. I know I'll be in a minority with this though.
Gadget_Girl - Jul 29, 2008 10:11:18 am PDT #9120 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
Call me a heathen,
with pleasure. You are a heathen.
There are so many other valuable works of drama that are left out of curriculum to put in more Shakespeare. I know I'll be in a minority with this though.
I totally understand where you are coming from with this. And, to a degree, I agree with you.
Tom Scola - Jul 29, 2008 10:13:47 am PDT #9121 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Nobody ever got fired for buying Shakespeare.
Vortex - Jul 29, 2008 10:15:37 am PDT #9122 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Vortex - speaking as someone who is a hardcore procrastinator, hit 'em where they live. Otherwise they'll end up like me.
email has been sent to boss.
Call me a heathen, especially since I work in theatre, but I think Shakespeare is overtaught.
no, I don't think that you're wrong. but it's so beautiful!
amych - Jul 29, 2008 10:17:04 am PDT #9123 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I think all other drama is undertaught.
Fred Pete - Jul 29, 2008 10:19:31 am PDT #9124 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I won't quarrel with you, ND -- especially on the "so much left out" point. Shakespeare also presents the hurdle of Elizabethan slang -- and that a lot of school districts would likely not approve of a lot of Shakespeare's unbowdlerized lines.
Appreciation of Shakespeare at that age also depends a lot on the teacher's style. My freshman English teacher had a "Bow before the greatness of Shakespeare!" attitude that ruined MoV for me -- it wasn't until I took a Shakespeare class in college that I realized it was a comedy.