Dog Latin

The more I read Rex Gibson’s work about teaching Shakespeare, the more I reconsider the fear that my peers and I relate about teaching the Bard.  It seems that what Gibson relates is an interesting, vivid, and engaging way of approaching Shakespeare, one that is fundamentally different than the experiences I had with Bill S. in high school.  It got me thinking, could it be that our fear of teaching this great writer is connected to our memories of dull, lifeless Shakespeare instruction in our past?  Maybe what the Bard needs, now more than ever, is a new breed of teacher that makes the connections Gibson talks about and engages students with the Shakespeare of the past and the evolving Shakespeare of the future.  It could be that this appoach will replace our fear with something much better: excitement.