Shakespeare Should Not Be Taught In Schools Essay

Shakespeare Should Not Be Taught In The Ninth Grade Curriculumn Why should Shakespeare not be taught in the ninth grade curriculumn? William Shakespeare was born on April 26, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom and died just three days before his 52th birthday which was on April 23, 1616 in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom. Shakespeare was an English poet, a playwright, and an actor.Shakespeare is widely considered as the greatest writer in the language of English and also the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. Shakespeare was often called England’s national poet and also, the “Bard of Avon” His work is over 400 years old. Also, his works today are a bit confusing and tough to understand because he used different words then the words we do today. To begin with, Shakespeare should not be taught in the ninth grade curriculumn because Shakespeare’s works are outdated. Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616 and it’s now 2016. It has been exactly 400 years since he passed away and it has been 424-426 years since he started writing. He has written 37 plays but, if we …show more content…
In the article “Kill Bill: why we must take Shakespeare out of the classroom” which was written by Mark Powell, he stated “A well meaning English teacher can take a student through the meaning of every word in a sentence and it soon becomes a drawn out and confusing process.” Also,according to another article named “Calif. Teacher Stirs Controversy by Taking Shakespeare Off Syllabus”which was written by Maggie DeBlasis, she stated “Shakespeare’s way with words can be tough for students to gasps.” When Powell and DeBlasis stated these quotes, they mean’t that Shakespeare’s words are different than the words that we now use today and his words can be very confusing and tough for students to understand and or for students to