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 Post subject: HamletPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:05 pm 
This is a poll for those of you who have read Hamlet. I had to read it this past year as a freshman. It was awful and no one understood. At least one third of the class got cheater copies of the book so they could understand. What do you think is an appropriate age for teachers to let their students read Hamlet? How old were you when/if you have read it? Personally, I think freshman year of highschool is too early. Especially since we also read the Odessey (spelling, I don't know), Lord of the Flies, Cantebury Tales, Animal Farm, and Anthem this year. Probably another I forgot, too. _________________ my name's carrie and i love a good sandwich so if you have a sandwich, come roll with me! 
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:07 pm
i think shakspear it confusing...did he write that..i think..yeea...anything by him confusses the heck out of me...but i liked othello... the beast with two backs baby!! |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:08 pm
I've never read any of these books. I went to a really crappy high school. _________________ and iiiii can't live without you and i don't want to. i've done that all my life up til now. 
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:11 pm
Freshman year was definately too early for me. Nobody understood anything about it. What a waste. What grade are you in? Er... going into? |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:13 pm
towards the end of high school. thats when i read it, i had no trouble understanding it. i had trouble caring about it...but not understanding it...plus they made us memorize the stupid to be or not to be soliloquoy...that was so easy to memorize...but i still had all my lines from A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum stuck in my head...caused conflict _________________ welcome to the no pants club boone |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:13 pm
Clark wrote: Freshman year was definately too early for me. Nobody understood anything about it. What a waste. What grade are you in? Er... going into? I agree, it was a complete waste of however long it took us to finish. And our school is really lame, we have this participation grade, where each day you are given a 1-5 point grade on your participation in class... so the kids that didn't understand Hamlet got screwed over because they didn't know enough to particpate. The teacher had to explain EVERYTHING that we just read. I got one of the cheater/modern day translation books. _________________ my name's carrie and i love a good sandwich so if you have a sandwich, come roll with me!
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:15 pm
granpaturtle wrote: towards the end of high school.
thats when i read it, i had no trouble understanding it. i had trouble caring about it...but not understanding it...plus they made us memorize the stupid to be or not to be soliloquoy...that was so easy to memorize...but i still had all my lines from A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum stuck in my head...caused conflict I watched it in Latin this year. We started to watch it, but then we all found out after we finished watching it we had to do an essay on some Latin guy and compare it to the movie or something. So we all NEVER mentioned finishing the movie to our Latin teacher until a few months later, so every now and again we'd watch a little more. We never did finish it. _________________ my name's carrie and i love a good sandwich so if you have a sandwich, come roll with me!
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:20 pm
hisownshot wrote: Clark wrote: Freshman year was definately too early for me. Nobody understood anything about it. What a waste. What grade are you in? Er... going into? I agree, it was a complete waste of however long it took us to finish. And our school is really lame, we have this participation grade, where each day you are given a 1-5 point grade on your participation in class... so the kids that didn't understand Hamlet got screwed over because they didn't know enough to particpate. The teacher had to explain EVERYTHING that we just read. I got one of the cheater/modern day translation books. Heh, yeah. Our teacher spent most of the class period explaining to us what we just read than actually reading the book itself. Whew, it took a while to finish that one... but yeah, i'm going to be a junior, and I think it would be a much better idea to read that stuff now instead of trying to get freshman kids to understand it... which usually doesn't happen. And if it does, it is usually forgotten pretty easily. |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:28 pm
Clark wrote: hisownshot wrote: Clark wrote: Freshman year was definately too early for me. Nobody understood anything about it. What a waste. What grade are you in? Er... going into? I agree, it was a complete waste of however long it took us to finish. And our school is really lame, we have this participation grade, where each day you are given a 1-5 point grade on your participation in class... so the kids that didn't understand Hamlet got screwed over because they didn't know enough to particpate. The teacher had to explain EVERYTHING that we just read. I got one of the cheater/modern day translation books. Heh, yeah. Our teacher spent most of the class period explaining to us what we just read than actually reading the book itself. Whew, it took a while to finish that one... but yeah, i'm going to be a junior, and I think it would be a much better idea to read that stuff now instead of trying to get freshman kids to understand it... which usually doesn't happen. And if it does, it is usually forgotten pretty easily. The first one we read was the Odyssey. A bunch of 14 and 15 year olds... she thought we'd undestand? No. She should have started us off with something pretty easy (Animal Farm), then progressed to a little more difficult (Lord of the Flies), moved on to harder things (Cantebury Tales/Hamlet), THEN read the Odyssey and finish the year with an easy one (like Anthem). _________________ my name's carrie and i love a good sandwich so if you have a sandwich, come roll with me!
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:29 pm
we followed along with the book while we watched the movie in my english AP class. my teacher says shakespeare should be watched and not read because it's so much more of an experience. i actually liked it, and i thought the majority of my class understood. it was a class of juniors and seniors. shakespeare is really interesting. it seems most people either love him or hate him. |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:30 pm
hurrayforpie wrote: we followed along with the book while we watched the movie in my english AP class. my teacher says shakespeare should be watched and not read because it's so much more of an experience.
i actually liked it, and i thought the majority of my class understood. it was a class of juniors and seniors. shakespeare is really interesting. it seems most people either love him or hate him. _________________ my name's carrie and i love a good sandwich so if you have a sandwich, come roll with me!
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:31 pm
I read it @ 16 during my senior year. _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:33 pm
atdrvn wrote: I read it @ 16 during my senior year. _________________ my name's carrie and i love a good sandwich so if you have a sandwich, come roll with me!
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:35 pm
PERHAPS! _________________
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:40 pm
Haha. Nice. Yeah, your ordering of those books would have worked great for me. Except my class didn't read Lord of the Flies. |
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