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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
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Subject: Re: The Demonization of Shakespeare
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 12:31:10 -0400 (EDT)
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Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
><snippo Shakespeare examples of what the alt-right calls "woke">
><I should note that is has always been my understanding (probably from
>something I was told or read) that Romeo and Juliet would have been
>about 13, but who can say for sure?>

Yes, precisely.  That is probably too young to be making out in the bartizan
but that's how kids are.  Romeo and Juliet are just two normal kids in a
bad situation.

>Of course, part of the problem is the insistence (well, back in the
>60's it was) of the teachers on expressing their personal liking for
>the books instead of taking a more objective approach, making any
>comments less than adulatory unwelcome. Why bother to engage with a
>book when the teacher has already told you how you must feel about it?

I don't know, I always argued with teachers about what to like and not to
like.  Mind you, I didn't get very good grades as a child.  But yes, I think
a lot of school is there to introduce children to as many things as 
possible and to explain them in context as well as one can.
--scott

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