Where For Art Thou, Intelligence?
(We’re discussing the new curriculum for seventh grade English.)
Teacher: “I wish they’d let us teach Shakespeare or Dickens.”
Student #1: “Oh, I’d love to read about Shakespeare.”
Student #2: “Me, too. What’s the book he’s in called, again?”
Teacher: “What do you mean?”
Me: “You do realize Shakespeare wasn’t fictional, right?”
Student #1: “Yes, he is!”
Me: “He’s an author. He wrote Romeo and Juliet?”
Student #2: “Yeah! That’s the book he was in!”
Teacher: *sighs* “I guess I know why it’s not on the curriculum…”
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