#Latest news with #TeMātaiahoNZ Herald2 days agoGeneralNZ HeraldOut, damned text: Why it's time to retire Shakespeare from NZ schoolsInsisting teenagers read Shakespeare is a sure-fire way to turn them off his works forever. And besides, such pedantry would have the man himself chuckling in his grave. The plays of William Shakespeare are traditionally divided into comedies, tragedies and histories. Attempts to impose him on New Zealand secondary school students involve a bit of all three. A draft of Te Mātaiaho/The New Zealand Curriculum was released at the end of March. There is much to consider and praise
NZ Herald2 days agoGeneralNZ HeraldOut, damned text: Why it's time to retire Shakespeare from NZ schoolsInsisting teenagers read Shakespeare is a sure-fire way to turn them off his works forever. And besides, such pedantry would have the man himself chuckling in his grave. The plays of William Shakespeare are traditionally divided into comedies, tragedies and histories. Attempts to impose him on New Zealand secondary school students involve a bit of all three. A draft of Te Mātaiaho/The New Zealand Curriculum was released at the end of March. There is much to consider and praise
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