So Shakespeare sounds daunting to you? You can’t seem to get into Romeo and Juliet, King Lear , or Hamlet ? I know: that Elizabethan language is just too much to handle, right? If you’ve ever had a hard time enjoying Shakespeare, why not try a few of these hints? First, read a narrative of the play in Charles and Mary Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare . The Lambs retold Shakespeare’s tales in forms of stories back in the 1800s. Their children’s classic can assist you in getting an overview of the play you study before you delve into it headlong. Second, check out an audio recording. Elizabethan English varies greatly from American English of the twenty-first century, but when you hear professional actors reading lines that look daunting on paper, it’s much easier to understand what the Old Bard meant. Remember: Shakespeare’s plays were intended to be performed by actors, not to be “waded through” as some type of boring matter in a literature book. An audio recording brings thes
--by Heather Ross God is the great Original, the One from Whom all math, science, music, language, history, and every other subject emanates. To praise God as Christian educators, it is vital that we glorify Him and learn to see Him reflected in each subject we teach. As we plan our lessons, let us be motivated to show God to our students. As we review, let us ask our students what they have learned about God as a result of that day's class. As we read the Word of God, let us pay special attention to investigating our matchless Creator. These gleanings will assist us in our comprehension of His attributes and bring us into a closer relationship with the One in Whom we live and move and have our being. Too often education fails to bring individuals closer to God and, conversely, feeds a sort of intellectual pride that does anything but humble us before the Almighty. Yet we read in the pages of Scripture, "A humble and contrite heart, Thou wilt not despise." And again, &quo