dagblog - Comments for "No, Colleges Still Require Shakespeare"

Excellent piece, Doc.

Oxy Mora — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:12:07 +0000

In reply to No, Colleges Still Require Shakespeare

Excellent piece, Doc.

I have not taken a single

Verified Atheist — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 13:42:29 +0000

In reply to Since I don't need more than

I have not taken a single math class since high school, and my college's "computer literacy" requirement involved writing something like an 8-line program in BASIC.

This was the most unkindest cut of all…

Or torrent if needed.

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 00:34:09 +0000

In reply to You got me. I'm a big fan of

Or torrent if needed.

You got me. I'm a big fan of

Doctor Cleveland — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 23:59:46 +0000

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You got me. I'm a big fan of that movie; I've been looking for it on DVD.

Since I don't need more than

Doctor Cleveland — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 22:28:28 +0000

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Since I don't need more than a close-enough, they'll-probably-get-some-Shakespeare requirement for English majors, I'm certainly okay with non-majors being required to skip him. Students at technical universities not being required to read Shakespeare doesn't freak me out.

I have not taken a single math class since high school, and my college's "computer literacy" requirement involved writing something like an 8-line program in BASIC. Anything I've learned since (game theory, numbers theory, probability), I learned for fun.

Like Reader's Digest explains

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 10:15:50 +0000

In reply to What a weird impulse. "I

Like Reader's Digest explains, even the best writers need a bit of editing, including someone as out-of-the-mainstream as Shakespeare, so we've endeavoured to improve Shakespeare quite a bit, especially for modern audiences, though too much color might get in the way. Even Doc Cleveland's likely to agree on this one.

We searched, but we have no

Georgia Tech — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 00:24:29 +0000

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We searched, but we have no records of a "Verified" having any taken classes as Georgia Tech. At all.

And certainly not in our English class. Hell, this guy probably doesn't even know the lyrics to Free Bird.

As a graduate of Georgia Tech

Verified Atheist — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 18:18:27 +0000

In reply to What a weird impulse. "I

As a graduate of Georgia Tech, I approve. I just want to look like I know something about the classics. I don't actually want to think too much about them. The good Doc will be thrilled to know that not only was I not required to take any Shakespeare, I have not taken a single English (or Literature) course since graduating from high school.

What a weird impulse. "I

Michael Maiello — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 17:10:27 +0000

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What a weird impulse. "I love Shakespeare. Let's reduce the importance of his work to a bunch of memorizable phrases that young people can trot out at cocktail parties." it's like Polonius lecturing on the Tragedy of Hamlet.

Yup.

Doctor Cleveland — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 16:30:21 +0000

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Yup.

Although some of the least curious or thoughtful students would enjoy it. The most motivated students would be turned off.