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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A little bit of Shakespeare is fine, but not every year. Maybe one play and a sonnet. If kid wants to take an elective on top of that, fine.

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+10000. [b]Every time this is borough up, some English major or Shakespeare lover gets butthurt and acts as if you won’t understand the world without Shakespeare.[/b] I love Macbeth personally, but there is no way learning outcomes are being achieved teaching Shakespeare. There’s also much better and approachable writers who are key figures of the canon- Sophocles’s plays for example are really popular with students.

Taking boys interest could also improve the classroom. There’s a big appeal amongst teenage boys to read Salinger, Kafka, and Murikami. My son always hated English class until his senior year when his teacher had them read Jhumpa Lahiri- suddenly he was tearing through books.[/quote]

So, I'm sure you'd agree - math lovers don't need to get "butthurt" when told (correctly) that we can understand the world just fine without calculus.  Right?  [/quote]
Sure, if you aren't going into STEM, you don't need Calc. But, it might hurt your college acceptances.[/quote]

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