Dear people who are studying to become high-school teachers:

[tzikeh]

If you think that Macbeth is a play about a man who kills his father and marries his mother, and when I tell you that you are thinking of Oedipus Rex your response is that you think maybe you mean Othello, perhaps you should look for a different line of work.

Flames, flames on the side of my face,
Me

Comments

[thefannishwaldo.livejournal.com]

A.) Yes. Try pre-school. But only if you can keep your nursery rhyme characters straight.
B.) OMG, that was half the syllabus for my second semester, freshman year of high school English class right there in one conversation. Somehow also, we did Dandelion Wine in that class.

[xenacryst.livejournal.com]

A.) But nursery rhyme slash is so fun... O:-)

[thefannishwaldo.livejournal.com]

True, but some of the het's not too bad either. I've seen some creative explanations as to what Jack and Jill were doing up that hill and what that pail was *really* for. :)

[beebalm.livejournal.com]

Grrrrr.

[deaver.livejournal.com]

Ahahahaha. No wonder the US education system is failing!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_abulafia/]

Also, marries his father? Is that a sic?

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

*headdesk*

That's a whoops, not a sic. *changes in shame*

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Oh, no WAY.

::boggle::

[yahtzee63.livejournal.com]

It would make an interesting "Hamlet" AU, though.

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

Oh, jeebus cripes.

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

The stupid, it burns....

[elynross.livejournal.com]

If you think that Macbeth is a play about a man who kills his mother and marries his father....

I think that I want to see that play. Gay Oedipus!

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was a whoops on my part. ;) I was just so COVERED IN FLAMES ON MY FACE....

[elynross.livejournal.com]

I kind of thought, maybe, because yeah, it's a wtf the other way around, but I was kind of surprised you didn't mention the wtfery of killing the mother and marrying the father. You were trying to put out the flames!!!! *g*

(I still want a gay Oedipus, though)

[svilleficrecs.livejournal.com]

please tell me that person wants to be a math teacher

[delle.livejournal.com]

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH! (says the history and theatre double major)

[luminosity]

But I thought it was a costume party!

:)

[dragovianknight.livejournal.com]

::sobs brokenly::

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

I didn't think Oedipus married his dad.

But yeah, Hamlet does kinda kill his mother (poisoned wine) and he's kinda being necrophiliac all over Dad's ghost.
Hamlet has Daddy Issues. Hamlet kinda defines Daddy Issues.

[klia.livejournal.com]

Oh, the humanity! *weeps*

[amilyn.livejournal.com]

::stares::

Oh, gods.

[vass]

Oh fucking hell.

[lumenara.livejournal.com]

Wow.

...

Wow.

What does she want to teach in high school? *is afraid*