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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"crass censorship"
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"The ban shows remarkable lack of understanding of "education"."
"Such a patronising decision..."
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"As a university lecturer and poet I find this action extraordinary."
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"Another reason to be an expat to avoid UK"s social dictatorship"
"Carol Anne Duffy is a prominent british contemporary poet. I would argue that her poem should be re-instated, and her poem "Mrs Schofield's GCSE" should be added to the anthology."
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"Indeed! What business is it of AQA to provide "political guidance" as to which authors are and are not "acceptable"!!"
"Any competant educationalist should understand that this poem, used in class would make violence less likely. They seem to have lost all confidence in our brilliant young people and in themselves. Censorship is a truly pathetic response to this wonderful "
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