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Michael Gove drops American writers in English literature GCSEs
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Can't say this is a bad thing, no one I know enjoyed Mice of Men -my class did Hamlet instead and it was way better.
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Of Mice and Men was the saving grace of GCSE lit. A decent read (albeit at a shockingly awful group reading pace) that took my mind off the poetry anthology. Miles better than the likes of Great Expectations!
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Definitely a bad thing.. This has made me really angry, I really enjoyed having to read books from a variety of cultures rather than just british. Tradition shouldn't be enforced, it should come naturally.
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It's a terrible shame.
"To Kill A Mockingbird" is a powerful well written novel about racism that took some serious gumption and bravery to be written by Harper Lee.
Somehow forgot to mention the fact that Atticus Finch is a fantastic character who could easily be considered a universal role model.
And "Of Mice and Men" is an equally powerful novella from Steinbeck.
I'll always be particularly grateful for the inclusion of this book in my GCSE not only because it was great in its own right, but that it also led me to read another book by Steinbeck: "The Grapes of Wrath", which always moves me to tears and is an absolute favourite of mine.
"To Kill A Mockingbird" is a powerful well written novel about racism that took some serious gumption and bravery to be written by Harper Lee.
Somehow forgot to mention the fact that Atticus Finch is a fantastic character who could easily be considered a universal role model.
And "Of Mice and Men" is an equally powerful novella from Steinbeck.
I'll always be particularly grateful for the inclusion of this book in my GCSE not only because it was great in its own right, but that it also led me to read another book by Steinbeck: "The Grapes of Wrath", which always moves me to tears and is an absolute favourite of mine.
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What a surprise - removing texts about the struggle of the working classes, the civil rights movement and the persecution of women (the crucible)
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(Original post by redferry)
What a surprise - removing texts about the struggle of the working classes, the civil rights movement and the persecution of women (the crucible)
What a surprise - removing texts about the struggle of the working classes, the civil rights movement and the persecution of women (the crucible)
There's a similar thread to this knocking about - see my post on there.
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Ban is a very loaded, and more than slightly unfair, word to use in this situation.
The Department of Education have changed the list of books to be studied at GCSE. Some have gone out, some have come in. Syllabi change all the time. To declare he is in any way banning books is a very politically motivated use of language, and an absurd way to view the situation.
We read To Kill a Mockingbird at GCSE. I thought it was a good book, but I scarcely think it unthinkable a GCSE reading list could be compiled without it.
The Department of Education have changed the list of books to be studied at GCSE. Some have gone out, some have come in. Syllabi change all the time. To declare he is in any way banning books is a very politically motivated use of language, and an absurd way to view the situation.
We read To Kill a Mockingbird at GCSE. I thought it was a good book, but I scarcely think it unthinkable a GCSE reading list could be compiled without it.
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To Kill a Mockingbird, on the other hand... please, please don't axe it. It was a wonderful book. Every Law student should have to read it.
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I doubt Gove gives a **** about who we study in English lit. He just wants to be seen to do something and show the elderly people that he's toughening up education so it can be what it was in the "good old days".
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(Original post by A Perfect Circle)
It's a terrible shame.
"To Kill A Mockingbird" is a powerful well written novel about racism that took some serious gumption and bravery to be written by Harper Lee.
Somehow forgot to mention the fact that Atticus Finch is a fantastic character who could easily be considered a universal role model.
And "Of Mice and Men" is an equally powerful novella from Steinbeck.
I'll always be particularly grateful for the inclusion of this book in my GCSE not only because it was great in its own right, but that it also led me to read another book by Steinbeck: "The Grapes of Wrath", which always moves me to tears and is an absolute favourite of mine.
It's a terrible shame.
"To Kill A Mockingbird" is a powerful well written novel about racism that took some serious gumption and bravery to be written by Harper Lee.
Somehow forgot to mention the fact that Atticus Finch is a fantastic character who could easily be considered a universal role model.
And "Of Mice and Men" is an equally powerful novella from Steinbeck.
I'll always be particularly grateful for the inclusion of this book in my GCSE not only because it was great in its own right, but that it also led me to read another book by Steinbeck: "The Grapes of Wrath", which always moves me to tears and is an absolute favourite of mine.
I think Gove is needlessly depriving a generation where reading for pleasure is quite uncommon of some of the greatest books ever written because for most KS4 pupils, the only literary fictions they read all year are in these English classes.
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Ban is a very loaded, and more than slightly unfair, word to use in this situation.
The Department of Education have changed the list of books to be studied at GCSE. Some have gone out, some have come in. Syllabi change all the time. To declare he is in any way banning books is a very politically motivated use of language, and an absurd way to view the situation.
We read To Kill a Mockingbird at GCSE. I thought it was a good book, but I scarcely think it unthinkable a GCSE reading list could be compiled without it.
Ban is a very loaded, and more than slightly unfair, word to use in this situation.
The Department of Education have changed the list of books to be studied at GCSE. Some have gone out, some have come in. Syllabi change all the time. To declare he is in any way banning books is a very politically motivated use of language, and an absurd way to view the situation.
We read To Kill a Mockingbird at GCSE. I thought it was a good book, but I scarcely think it unthinkable a GCSE reading list could be compiled without it.
I agree with you in principle, but I think the reason people are saying it's politically motivated is because he has not simply removed these texts as part of a syllabus shake up, he has removed these texts as part of a move to drop all texts not written by British authors. So it's not just him randomly changing the syllabus, it is him omitting texts which he doesn't feel are appropriate.
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