tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post113752111516818740..comments2024-03-05T17:55:58.806+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: Nanny Bans British PoetryKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1137725841504191812006-01-20T02:57:00.000+00:002006-01-20T02:57:00.000+00:00"There they go marching all in step so gay!" If it..."There they go marching all in step so gay!" <BR/><BR/><BR/>If it's not about horses I assume it has been selected on the basis of a google search for something politically correct containing the word 'gay'.<BR/><BR/>Either that or it is being set up for ridicule.<BR/><BR/>Still, I suppose the teachers can select one of the other poems to teach - they certainly don't seem to attempt to cover more than one these days according to my youngest.<BR/><BR/>Next it will be rap rap. (I hesitate to allow the word 'lyrics' anywhere near that thought ...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1137617355686027162006-01-18T20:49:00.000+00:002006-01-18T20:49:00.000+00:00Well, it seems that these days you can be an accep...Well, it seems that these days you can be an acceptable A level inglesh litterachewer candidate and gain a university place (why dow so few people refer to 'reading' a subject these days?) having achieved A grades without being that bothered about reading books - and especially not poetry - as my younger daughter proves.<BR/><BR/>Those people that I schooled with who followed the 'arts' route seemed always to be writing endless endless essays or had their noses deep in the bowels of a serious volume or two. Now it's rattle off a 2500 word assignment once a (University) term, maybe two it things get really tough for the poor student, and watch the soap operas. (At least calling them operas makes them culture I suppose).<BR/><BR/>I must confess I don't recall doing anything other than 'proper' Eng. Lit. for O level, but then I really don't remember.<BR/><BR/>Orwell was, in those days, to be read rather than studied. Nw that is has become the political training manual of choice it is no surprise that it should should have a sort of educational 'D' notice slapped on it. Teaching the new generations how to interpret what you are doing in politics is certainly not a wise political decision no mayyet how much it is n the public interest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1137595114772214322006-01-18T14:38:00.000+00:002006-01-18T14:38:00.000+00:00It's not a new idea. When I did english lit O-leve...It's not a new idea. When I did english lit O-level (yes, that long ago!) we had to read a book called "Green Days by the River", i which most of the dialogue was in pidgin english.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1137593362719412722006-01-18T14:09:00.000+00:002006-01-18T14:09:00.000+00:00Antonio Gramsci, that old communist intellectual t...Antonio Gramsci, that old communist intellectual taught that to succeed communism needed to take over the education and information organs of the target nation and to destroy it's culture. Although eventually Stalin, Mao, PolPot, Hitler, and Musollini failed despite uncountable deaths and murders, their objective may still be attained by Gramsci's teaching through our schools, media and socialist governments. He is halfway there already. Centuries of slow cultural progress, constitutional development, spiritual and social building, lie around us in ruins, brought about by our Left Ruling Elite and Governing class.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com