I had to read this one twice to make sure I’d got it right:

“Dear John—They are teaching Macbeth, at least in the 11th grade at our

son’s school (private, Christian). But they do so using sock puppets. Our

son had to make Siward and Malcolm last night.

“I thought you might like to file this under your ‘American Education Today’

miscellany. Good luck filling the holes in Nellie’s and Danny’s education;

my wife and I have to do our share.”

Macbeth with sock puppets! “Before my body I throw my warlike shield!”

[Flip finger across palm]….

Why does this make me think of that Monty Python sketch: “Wuthering Heights

in semaphore”?