Class has just started the teacher begins to teach. When the class ends, everyone goes to the next class and the next teacher goes through the same routine, teaching the same thing. This repeats in every class, everyday, every school year. At first one would think what an amazing idea this is, not having to learn and living a carefree life, free of hard school work, stressful tests, and learning new material. However, it is human nature to want a challenge and for a change each day, to take on a new adventure when you go into a class each day. School was made to challenge students and quench the thirst for learning something new. By teaching the play during school, students can get just that. Although the language in Romeo and Juliet is outdated and confounding at some points, it should still be taught because the themes are relevant to students, the meaning in his plays touches the hearts of many it and relates to many situations in communities and individual people’s lives. The foremost rationalization of why Shakespeare should be taught in schools is because the themes included in Romeo and Juliet are relevant to modern day society and are relatable to the students who will read them. His works were written over 400 years ago, and if his works have survived this long, there must be special qualities within his plays that allow them to not only persist throughout the years, but thrive and become one of the most influential and notable compositions of all time. One of the