“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so...”. Thank you for sharing this thought-provoking quote from Shakespeare’s Hamlet with us. Hamlet said this when he was debating with his friends about whether Denmark is a prison. A recent high box office movie brings up a similar notion: everyone creates a prison for themselves, and we need to set ourselves free. From my perspective, grudge is the most high-security prison that is hard to escape from. Apart from grudge, hatred and prejudice, a reserved personality, and a narrow-minded character are some other intangible forms of prison. My new year resolution is to make peace with myself, and to leave negative thoughts behind.
I have never been a big fan of Shakespeare, nor do I enjoy his plays. However, after reading this quote, I concede that Shakespeare lives up to his name as a G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time). Speaking of this quote from Hamlet, I have written a parody of Hamlet's "to be or not to be" and would like to share it with you and my mateys. To pay attention or to daydream ---That’s the question Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The stress and agony of drowsiness Or to fight against all those stupid classroom rules And, by opposing, end them? To set free our mind, to daydream And by a daydream to say we end The boredom and the bullshit of lessons ‘This a dream all students to be wished! To set free our mind, to daydream To daydream, perchance to gain victory in the mind ---- Ah! But there’s the problem, For in that victory what consequences may come When the teacher notices the subtle smile on our face Must wake us up There’s the shame That makes a life-long regret For who would bear the scorns and rumours of peers The stock of laughing, the loss of reputation The deduction of marks, the call for detention The teacher’s warning, the parents’ rebuke The droop of head, the loss of face Who would choose to grunt and groan through a despised life Unless dignity worth not a cent Thus, fear for authority and peer pressure make us the Most attentive students of all Pay attention and stay focused all along after all Hope you'd enjoy it.
謝謝老師的分享，我超喜歡這個跟讀，內容很棒，而且可以不斷練習讓自己口說順暢一些！
You're welcome! I'm glad you're finding it helpful 😁
finished it! such a meaningful context for me that I realize it's all up to me no matter what situations I encounter in my life
Congratulations 👏👏👏 You've done really well. Now that you've finished that goal, it's time to move on to another one 👍👍👍
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so...”. Thank you for sharing this thought-provoking quote from Shakespeare’s Hamlet with us. Hamlet said this when he was debating with his friends about whether Denmark is a prison.
A recent high box office movie brings up a similar notion: everyone creates a prison for themselves, and we need to set ourselves free.
From my perspective, grudge is the most high-security prison that is hard to escape from. Apart from grudge, hatred and prejudice, a reserved personality, and a narrow-minded character are some other intangible forms of prison.
My new year resolution is to make peace with myself, and to leave negative thoughts behind.
That's a worthy goal for 2025! You've got this 💪💪💪
完成第一段練習囉!
Brilliant! 👍 Keep going 💪💪💪
今天开始练习了，每天进步一点！
Awesome! Keep going 💪💪💪
有單句練習超棒的
I'm glad you like it 👍
Thanks for teacher. The books say sentence out loud 5 times. I will do it.
That's great! You'll definitely see results doing that!
Thank you, practicing the first time.
You got this! 😊
practicing for the first time!
Awesome! Keep going 💪
I have never been a big fan of Shakespeare, nor do I enjoy his plays.
However, after reading this quote, I concede that Shakespeare lives up to his name as a G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time).
Speaking of this quote from Hamlet, I have written a parody of Hamlet's "to be or not to be" and would like to share it with you and my mateys.
To pay attention or to daydream ---That’s the question
Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The stress and agony of drowsiness
Or to fight against all those stupid classroom rules
And, by opposing, end them?
To set free our mind, to daydream
And by a daydream to say we end
The boredom and the bullshit of lessons
‘This a dream all students to be wished!
To set free our mind, to daydream
To daydream, perchance to gain victory in the mind ----
Ah! But there’s the problem,
For in that victory what consequences may come
When the teacher notices the subtle smile on our face
Must wake us up
There’s the shame
That makes a life-long regret
For who would bear the scorns and rumours of peers
The stock of laughing, the loss of reputation
The deduction of marks, the call for detention
The teacher’s warning, the parents’ rebuke
The droop of head, the loss of face
Who would choose to grunt and groan through a despised life
Unless dignity worth not a cent
Thus, fear for authority and peer pressure make us the
Most attentive students of all
Pay attention and stay focused all along after all
Hope you'd enjoy it.
That's really impressive! I've never been into Shakespeare enough to even think of doing something like that. Well done 👍👍👍
Practice 1st time, done.
*ps: finished it on the MRT way to office; 8:56am 1/6/2025.
That's awesome! I hope you have a great day at work 😊