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 »
"Its a truly wonderful poem and in a way this attempt to silence it is a testament to its power. I really love the way she gets Shakespeare on her side near the beginning. Knives and knife crime are terrifying - anyone who has been affected by it will feel"
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"paws off"
"A careful reading of the poem would show that it stresses how wrong knife crime is. How can you oppose something if you don't express yourself about it? Censoring the work simply suppresses a chance to challenge attitudes and maybe even improve society."
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"i am a student, and i am 15, and i have just recently heard the news about the ban of the poem education for leisure. i think this is an outrageous descision and i feel that it is ridiculous that such a brilliant, deep, and meaningful poem has been remove"
"For goodness sake!"
"hands off...let 'em make up their own minds"
"True English teaching is about equipping students to think for themselves: how does not allowing them the option help to do this?"
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"No subject should be exempt from discussion. It's important that children get the chance to consider and debate the dangers represented by the psychopathic individual at large in society."
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"This is totally ridiculous!"
