A Short History of Shakespeare’s Prominence in America
New York Times
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3/19/14
“You have John Quincy Adams on Desdemona having sex with Othello, Lincoln reading ‘Macbeth,’ and another president, Grant, rehearsing the role of Desdemona at a military camp. You couldn’t make this stuff up. This is how central a preoccupation Shakespeare was at the time.”
How to Teach Experiential Entrepreneurship in High School
Steve Blank
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3/12/14
“Because these were high school kids with, for the first time, a real business relying on them, this portion of the class shook them so badly they couldn’t move from their seats--literally.... Feeling the pressure, after 3 wasted days, one student on one team finally convinced her team they needed to get out of the building.”