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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why Shakespeare? Why not Chaucer?  
[b]I’m also wondering how many of the vigorous supporters of reading Shakespeare have read any of his works beyond some academic requirement[/b], or have even gone to plays.  Is this an ongoing interest with ongoing support? Any Folger fans? [/quote]

I have read everything he wrote.  I reread plays during the summers.  In my years as an English teacher at a UK boarding school, I have taken many classes to the Globe to see live performances, and I often attend these just with friends.  I have been so grateful to engage with a programme via the educational team at the Globe, which sends their team to schools to lead workshops in acting Shakespeare with students.  Every year I direct a play at my school.  And I have a Ph d. in English Literature.

What are your credentials?
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Yale undergrad and a PhD in a social science — which is more than enough education to ask a very simple question about why some people are championing a particular recommendation. [/quote]

I don't need a PhD to understand that teaching Shakespeare is racist.[/quote]

Care to explain or it should be self evident? From your statement we can be confident that you don’t have a PhD or that you understand anything of substance.[/quote]

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