...but what remain for the thunder?"
- Shakespeare's Othello. Said by Othello just as he has realised that his lieutenant, "Honest" Iago, is the true villain.
So why am I quoting Shakespeare? Because I just found out that my favourite English teacher, Mr Meyer, just recently passed away. He'd had heart problems for a while, but apparently he couldn't recover from this one and they had to pull the plug.
I chose that quote from Othello because we studied it last year, and I couldn't really think of another appropriate quote. Plus I always liked that one as well, and Mr Meyer was as focused on building our love of English as he was on getting us to pass exams.
RIP Mr Meyer. I know no one from the Year 13 English Cla$s of 2008 will forget your passion for English, good humour and ability to always get the best out of your students.
"Ceasar, now be still;
I killed not thee with half so good a will."
- Brutus' last words in Julius Caesar before he killed himself. This is my favourite line from any Shakespeare play I've studied. But call me whatever you like - I actually really enjoyed studying Shakespeare, in fact those were some of my favourite lessons to the point where I made sure to never go to one stoned.
Go in peace.
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My regards to your english teacher. It's funny how there's often one teacher in high-school that stands out as exceptional, and bad things tend to happen to them. My grade 12 english teacher was a sweetheart, had such an amazing mind for creative and critical analysis, and always challenged us to be better than we were. Unfortunately(or so I've heard, as I haven't been able to really check on the situation myself), she's supposedly retired due to high blood pressure from the hassle students have given her over the years(she WAS a pretty heavy lady).I was never a big Shakespeare buff, but I didn't mind the stuff. I preferred the "Dante's Inferno", "One Flew Over a Cuckoo's Nest", etc. but at the same time, the use of language had been drilled into me since grade 7 so Iambic Pentameter had become pretty dull by then. Heck, I'm pretty sure I could still write an essay in it(much like my grade 10 exam's written essay) if I sat down and took my time.
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