Teaching Shakespearean Sonnets to Brain Rot 15-Year-Olds

There's hope.

I teach at a school with a fairly selective admissions process, where students score above average on standardized reading and writing skills. But most English teachers at my school agree that these “above average” numbers don’t align with what we now observe in the classroom. Although my students are sincerely respectful, diligent, and value their educ…