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 »

750 signatures Goal: 1,000
All Signatures (750 total)
651.
Jo H 25 November 2004

"I support this petition"

652.
Shirley W 13 November 2004

"Come on, AQA, grow up!"

653.
Mark S 7 November 2004

"I was saddened to hear from my outraged daughter in her GCSE final year about another body of supposedly educated political sycophants actions, the book "anthology" is already published and in the hands of students who will no doubt all run amok, I am not"

654.
Emily Mckinney 7 November 2004

"i love it!"

655.
Emily C 3 November 2004

"I support this petition"

656.
Copland S 30 October 2004

"I support this petition"

657.
Isobel D 24 October 2004

"I support this petition"

658.
Arthur Duncanc 17 October 2004

"What dreadful education AQA curriculum setters must have endured."

659.
Angelina A 15 October 2004

"I support this petition"

660.
Linda O 11 October 2004

"I support this petition"

661.
Genista L 10 October 2004

"not AQA's place to censor poetry"

662.
David Holmes 4 October 2004

"I support this petition"

663.
Pam Z 3 October 2004

"I support this petition"

664.
Keith L 24 September 2004

"В"

665.
Colin C 24 September 2004

"I support this petition"

666.
Trever H 9 September 2004

"I support this petition"

667.
Jannine E 9 September 2004

"This poem invites discussion about knife crime - this is a good thing! We need to be more open in order to expose the issues in our society. Pretending that nothing is wrong and banning 'dangerous' literature is ridiculous! Do they only want us to study p"

668.
River W 4 September 2004

"I support this petition"

669.
Libby H 25 August 2004

"I support this petition"

670.
Cathy G 21 August 2004

"I support this petition"

671.
Mike Dip 14 August 2004

"If read correctly, knife crime and other violent acts ( and the circumstances in which they exist) is exactly what the poem is protesting about."

672.
Chrissy W 2 August 2004

"I support this petition"

673.
Stuart W 23 July 2004

"I support this petition"

674.
Jeffer W 20 July 2004

"get real - reinstate this poem. What are YOU afraid of?"

675.
D Ap 10 July 2004

"I support this petition"

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