Your "Familiars" is sitting in an open tab right now waiting for me to get enough work finished that I can reward myself with fic I know I'll enjoy. I hope the syllabi aren't too stressful. How could they drop Twelfth Night? Very nearly my favorite of all of them (not least because I once got a bunch of junior high schoolers with very limited English to put on a version of it, and they loved it). I feel like, as you suggest, The Tempest is going to be much more interesting when you're older and have a different perspective. (See also Japanese high school textbooks always including "Sangetsuki," a wonderful story about hitting your thirties and facing what you haven't done in life, also about turning into a tiger, NOT suited to fifteen-year-olds.) Sorry, rambling as usual... .
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Date: 2024-01-23 02:49 pm (UTC)I hope the syllabi aren't too stressful. How could they drop Twelfth Night? Very nearly my favorite of all of them (not least because I once got a bunch of junior high schoolers with very limited English to put on a version of it, and they loved it). I feel like, as you suggest, The Tempest is going to be much more interesting when you're older and have a different perspective. (See also Japanese high school textbooks always including "Sangetsuki," a wonderful story about hitting your thirties and facing what you haven't done in life, also about turning into a tiger, NOT suited to fifteen-year-olds.) Sorry, rambling as usual... .