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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe this doesn’t matter to anyone, but I’m watching an episode of Law and Order SVU.  The father in the midst of a crisis just told his daughter, Cordelia, that he loves her and forgives her.  Absolutely a call back to King Lear, which I would never know if I hadn’t read it in high school.

You can’t appreciate more modern literature and fiction without knowing how brilliant and timeless Shakespeare was.  He’s not just any old dead white guy.  All schools need to teach it, ideally pairing it with more modern works.    [/quote]

This is absolutely relevant, and is described as cultural influence. Great literary works reference each other and the body of knowledge at the time of their creation and are later referenced by other works and so on.

It should be studied because it makes us understand better our own society and humanity.

Realistically throughout high school one can study about 15-20 works, so the question is what should those be.

Where do you come up with 15-20 works?  Seems pretty arbitrary.  That's like saying students can only learn 10 vocabulary words a day.

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That's because in a year, the school will asign 4-5 works for study so over 4 years of high school you'd have 16-20. To me that is the bare minimum, and as a society/parent community we should have a common understanding on what is appropriate to be on the list. For my own child I want him to read one book a month from the literary canon. He's more interested in math, but still it's important so i'd say its a good compromise.

Obviously, if your child has a strong interest in humanities, that would not be a hard limit, and he'll likely read a lot more.

The issue today is that the woke mob is going after what's on that list. Apparently Shakespeare is enshrining white supremacy, is not equitable for children of color because it's not reflected in their culture, the vocabulary is too difficult for them etc.

They didn't manage to cancel Shakespeare yet, but they'd like to.[/quote]

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