Hands Off Poetry!
HANDS OFF POETRY!We strongly oppose the censoring of Carol Ann Duffy's poem Education for Leisure by the examination board AQA, which has removed it from its anthology because it deals with the conten... continue reading »
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"This censorship is completely unacceptable."
"i was outraged when heggy told me! abou the poem as i think it is a very good poem"
"The ban is an outrageous infringement of freedom of expression within education and the right to be read and freely distributed for that purpose. I demand that the AQA reverse their decision and reintroduce the poem at the earliest practical opportunity."
"this poem is anti- violence, not pro-violence. Odd that the 'educated' folk at the AQA don't seem to realize that."
"what's the point in cosy poetry?"
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"This is an international outrage!"
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"What is it any business of AQA to decide what students read - they are there to assess how well they critically analyse readings not determine what students read."
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"a spineless decision: perhaps they might like to reconsider Not my Business or indeed What were they like?"
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"It is a modern poem with relevance it must be kept."
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