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   From: buffhunter@my-deja.com   
      
   In article , your.name@isp.com says...   
   > In article , MDH   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > > "Your Name"  wrote in   
   > > news:hvts7a$soc$1@lust.ihug.co.nz:   
   > >   
   > > > Dropping Shakespeare and other such nonsense to have time to actually   
   > > > teach useful and necessary things makes a school better.   
   > >   
   > > YEah, you just lost all credibility.   
   >   
   > Yep, because studying Shakespeare's garbage is just so worthwhile, while   
   > learning how to spell correctly is pointless.  :-\   
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   Shakespeare is garbage? No wonder you don't like the new BSG IIRC.   
   The new BSG has a heavy Shakespearean bent. "Star Trek" is famous for   
   using Shakespeare in its plots. "Star Wars" takes a lot of its cues   
   from "The Bard".   
      
   Granted it is hard to understand because it uses a lot of words we   
   don't use anymore or they have changed meaning. But teaching modern   
   English with Shakespeare's classics isn't incompatible. We went on   
   for years teaching Shakespeare in English classes and graduated the   
   large majority of students who can used common English intelligently   
   and learned the rudiments of Shakespeare. I'm taking about from the   
   1960's back thought to the 19th century, so teaching Shakespeare   
   along with standard English rules isn't why students seem to not know   
   basic English.   
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