Question

Do you think these are good reasons freshman should read Romeo and Juliet

1. It gives freshman a sense of what real literature was back then.
2. It shows us that not everything has a happy ending.
3. There is such a thing as true love at a young age

Answer 1

Yes and also that life is no fairy tale, death happens often and sometimes for the most peculiar and nonsense reasons. It's important to have common sense and know there is a reality to everything. 

Answer 2

Great reasons. But you have to convey that to them. To want to learn you have to know why