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Shakespeare Wants You to Go to Junior College

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imagesA great fear expressed by all of our seniors in the early part of the school year is the damnable college requirement for Shakespeare. To begin, they seek someone or something to “translate” the text. I do remind you that the text IS in English – – and that Shakespeare would be much more justified in wanting your everyday speech “translated” for him then you his. The second comment that ruffles my feathers a bit is the label that Shakespeare is “Old English”. There is nothing “old” about the English of Shakespeare. Shakespeare was there writing at the very birth of English. Shakespeare is NEW English. You want to hear OLD English? Read more