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Shakespeare a required course?

I heard the other day teachers bemoaning the fact that students these days
are required the read the slave narrative but not to read Shakespeare. While
I certainly agree that everyone ought to read Shakespeare, I think that most
people WILL do so on their own (or at least see the movie) and that we don't
need to require Shakespeare for people to read him. I mean is there a Slave
Narrative discussion group? Will people actually read THOSE works if they
weren't required? Isn't the purpose of requiring students to read something
the result of not trusting them to read it on their own? Any thoughts?

Posted by Kimball One on March 21, 1997 at 16:48:04

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• Well, what do you expect? They have their quotas to keep up. Alvin Sidwick 13:17:26 3/26/97 (13)
  • get a grip Queen Mab 17:03:08 3/26/97 (6)
    • Recent stuff is largely junk with no grandeur. Alvin Sidwick 08:58:24 3/27/97 (5)
      • Get a Grip II JTJ 06:52:10 3/28/97 (4)
        • Well, Melville's okay, but... Alvin Sidwick 08:22:39 4/05/97 (3)
          • Okay then . . . JTJ 19:50:28 4/06/97 (2)
            • Kind of off the subject Alvin Sidwick 08:30:55 4/07/97 (1)
              • Thanks . . . JTJ 11:05:00 4/07/97 (0)
  • get a grip Queen Mab 17:02:43 3/26/97 (0)
  • Lots of hope JTJ 13:53:06 3/26/97 (3)
    • Yeah, I suppose... Alvin Sidwick 09:01:42 3/27/97 (2)
      • Let's have a direct discussion Queen Mab 07:18:24 3/28/97 (1)
        • That won't work. Alvin Sidwick 08:32:39 4/07/97 (0)
  • A clarification Alvin Sidwick 13:21:42 3/26/97 (0)
• harp, harp, harp . . . JTJ 18:25:15 3/23/97 (0)
• MAAN the best!!! Michelle 15:09:38 3/22/97 (3)
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  • Keanu stars as Yoric, theatre critics rave! Marco 20:55:16 3/25/97 (1)
    • Or, there are a variety of scenic items he could portray . . . Parolles 09:04:42 3/26/97 (0)
• a wha? LunarCaustic 02:17:45 3/22/97 (3)
  • Slave Narratives Kimball One 04:56:09 3/24/97 (2)
    • Douglass is great! But so is Shakespeare - and neither yields their treasures without study Pericles 10:15:13 3/24/97 (1)
      • Bravo! Parolles 09:28:27 3/26/97 (0)

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