Shakespeare should not be taught in school

Yes Shakespeare is important in literature but I think he is racist and inappropriate and irrelavant. When I did Macbeth he mentioned some anti-semitic and racist things against russians I think it is inapproriate we are wasting our time doing this we should be taught to write cvs and things that will actually help us sure he is a famous figue and apparently he has clever themes but I learnt nothing from him. In my opinion he should be left to be honest I cannot relate to his plays I cannot even enjoy them because most of his plays are a out killing and dying I mean come on there is so much death in most of his plays not all of them but most especially those studied at school i think they are quite stupid and a waste of time with little morals that we could be taught

Anyone else agrees with me

I honestly am not too sure if i use commas correctly for my age

Yes Shakespeare is important in literature but I think he is racist and inappropriate and irrelavant. When I did Macbeth he mentioned some anti-semitic and racist things against russians I think it is inapproriate we are wasting our time doing this we should be taught to write cvs and things that will actually help us sure he is a famous figue and apparently he has clever themes but I learnt nothing from him. In my opinion he should be left to be honest I cannot relate to his plays I cannot even enjoy them because most of his plays are a out killing and dying I mean come on there is so much death in most of his plays not all of them but most especially those studied at school i think they are quite stupid and a waste of time with little morals that we could be taught

Anyone else agrees with me

Please do not mock me i am here for your opinion on Shakespeare not my grammar or spelling!

Again, yeah, if you can't write properly then Shakespeare is going to be wasted on you. But you do have a point that too much attention is placed on Shakespeare, to the detriment of learning practical skills like punctuation or writing cover letters, which would have been really useful to learn in school.

My opinion on Shakespeare is that it is doomed to be wasted upon someone without basic reading and writing skills. You also do not appear to be mature enough to grasp the contextual background of the plays or to grapple with themes that you find uncomfortable.

I partly agree with you. I don't think there is much reason for people in your situation to learn Shakespeare.

Thank you your comment is the only one that is relevent and not insulting I agree with you.

Yes Shakespeare is important in literature but I think he is racist and inappropriate and irrelavant. When I did Macbeth he mentioned some anti-semitic and racist things against russians I think it is inapproriate we are wasting our time doing this we should be taught to write cvs and things that will actually help us sure he is a famous figue and apparently he has clever themes but I learnt nothing from him. In my opinion he should be left to be honest I cannot relate to his plays I cannot even enjoy them because most of his plays are a out killing and dying I mean come on there is so much death in most of his plays not all of them but most especially those studied at school i think they are quite stupid and a waste of time with little morals that we could be taught

Anyone else agrees with me

I agree, but not really for the reasons you give.

Yes Shakespeare is important in literature but I think he is racist and inappropriate and irrelavant. When I did Macbeth he mentioned some anti-semitic and racist things against russians I think it is inapproriate we are wasting our time doing this we should be taught to write cvs and things that will actually help us sure he is a famous figue and apparently he has clever themes but I learnt nothing from him. In my opinion he should be left to be honest I cannot relate to his plays I cannot even enjoy them because most of his plays are a out killing and dying I mean come on there is so much death in most of his plays not all of them but most especially those studied at school i think they are quite stupid and a waste of time with little morals that we could be taught

Anyone else agrees with me

The fact that it made you uncomfortable is exactly why it should be studied.

Just because there are "racist themes" doesn't mean it shouldn't be studied. If you studied only things that had no controversial themes you might as well do primary school literacy. Shakespeare is taught in English literature (or Language, depending on the focus of what you are studying). I don't know why you think how to write your CV should be taught in English literature as your CV will never be a great work of literature. Shakespeare is so key to our language that you can't just ignore him as a writer.

Again you say there is so much death that it is bad. Well again, that is just silly. Essentially you are wanting to study nice happy books with no death or bad themes. This is just silly because what's the point? There isn't one.

Also, it isn't Shakespeare's fault if you are not getting anything out of his work and not understanding it. You don't like this particular writer but that doesn't mean he should go.

Finally your grammar is bad due to spending to long on Shakespeare? Now you're just be idiotic because you learn grammar in primary school. If you don't know where to put a full stop in a sentence by the time you come to read Shakespeare then there is a problem and you need help (not in a you're stupid way. I genuinely mean you need help with reading and writing).