My kids never had any problem with Shakespeare. I have been to several of his plays in the last few years with my daughter who has just turned 16 and she had no problem - and she did not seem to have any problem much younger than that. At one performance there was a school group including early teen, maybe pre teen kids, sitting in front of us who were clearly enjoying the play (among other things they were discussing it, and had to be told to be quiet by their teacher in the interval).

> But for high school students in Ohio

Maybe they need to improve their English comprehension closer to what we seem to have here in Warwickshire.

To be fair, some kids do find it difficult - but you learn most by tackling difficult stuff, not by doing only what is easy.