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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
IFF - maybe I can put it another way, RE: how Shakespear "harms" children.
I'm a math teacher, and I'm teaching addition. Except I'm teaching decimal, binary, hex all at the same time, and I will interchangably teach switch between them. Sometimes, 1+1=2, sometimes 1+1=10, sometimes 4+8=12, sometimes 4+8=B. English is a skill used to communicate, so we're used to communicating in one way. We're creatures of habit. Now throw in a whole bunch of obtuse language, styles and ways things are done (some of which contract what we're "supposed" to know)... and when you are young, it confuses the hell out of you.
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This.
Not that I think Shakespeare actually harms kids, but I do think that it can confuse a lot of kids. Especially those that have a harder time learning.
I'm not saying it shouldn't be taught. I just think that when its being crammed down your throat in grade 9 already it can create a problem.