Parents, teachers and students in Alberta are not fans of the Bard.

That's according to a recent curriculum survey from Alberta Education. The survey was conducted from October to November 2016 to get feedback from parents, teachers and students on K-12 curriculum's. Over 25,000 individuals responded to Part B of the survey, which asked subject specific questions.

According to the survey's findings, there is a strong desire to see Shakespeare removed as a required author from high school curriculum's. The report does not indicate the number of individuals that feel that way.

We wanted to know how Airdrie feels about Shakespeare in the classroom, so we hit the streets and asked people for their thoughts on the possible drop.

"I'd have to say I'm not in favour of it," answered Peggy. "I think learning Shakespeare in school teaches you more critical thinking and maybe it's not practical for everyday use but you have to be exposed to different things to see what you're going to like."

"Yes, good idea," said Sandy. "I hated Shakespeare when I was in high school, it made no sense."

Summer and Tanya both felt like removing Shakespeare from the curriculum would be a mistake.

"I think that it would be a bad idea, just because it's been in the curriculum for so long that it would kind of give less of an opportunity to be exposed to that later on in life, unless you were wanting to do it yourself," replied Summer. "So, it's a bad idea."

 

Questions, comments or story ideas? Email us at news@discoverairdrie.com