tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post8951327822542227808..comments2024-03-18T17:17:00.423+13:00Comments on Not PC: From farce to tragedyPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-15765157628741504212008-11-17T22:40:00.000+13:002008-11-17T22:40:00.000+13:00My son is going to a school that has House Shakesp...My son is going to a school that has House Shakespeare competitions each year. Of course, it is an independent school.brian_smallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05402642885274753098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-51982243738966753492008-11-17T16:53:00.000+13:002008-11-17T16:53:00.000+13:00Bravo, Callum! :)Bravo, Callum! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-79248214520651232332008-11-17T16:51:00.000+13:002008-11-17T16:51:00.000+13:00His works are too removed from the mind of the ave...His works are too removed from the mind of the average High School student ... or (very) average High School teacher?<BR/><BR/>Judging by the grammatical and punctuation errors in the newsletters and notices from some schools, I'd be forgiven for thinking the latter.<BR/><BR/>My 95 year old grandmother never had a secondary education, as per most of her generation, girls in particular. She left school at 12 to work full-time.<BR/><BR/>No flash school for Nana. She attended a tiny rural school in the wap-waps of Taranaki. But I tell you what: she can punctuate and spell with the best of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-31218359007784613952008-11-17T14:31:00.000+13:002008-11-17T14:31:00.000+13:00Its exactly this lack of challenge that is leading...Its exactly this lack of challenge that is leading most kids to switch off at school. As a professional martial arts school owner I know first hands that kids relish a challenge.<BR/><BR/>As for Shakespeare, even students in German state schools have him in their curriculum because of his mastery of charactization etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-70652999255012743522008-11-17T14:05:00.000+13:002008-11-17T14:05:00.000+13:00From the link: Amidst fears that his works are too...From the link: <I>Amidst fears that his works are too removed from the mind of the average High School student to understand, Shakespeare could be scrapped.</I><BR/><BR/>I can only draw the conclusion that based on the statement that 'if a subject is too removed from the average High School student to understand, [then it] could be scrapped', that we shall soon see schools teaching nothing at all. It would be easy to argue that's already taking place, and some subjects are so poorly taught that it might actually go unnoticed.<BR/><BR/>However, our kids can make bitchin' myspace pages and send text messages on two phones simultaneously, so we should be fine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com