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 »
"This poem does not glorify knife crime. It does politically skewer those with power who write off human beings inherant 'genius' that languishes without direction, vocation or meaningful work. To ban this poem in schools is an act of political censorship."
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"In an education system where: what might be regarded as the emotional abuse of children in the form of isolation units, and the use of CCTV to moderate and police behaviours are deemed acceptable, this decision is hardly surprising."
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"Please have some courage in your choice of poetry for the school curriculum. Children need challenge."
"The petition says it all"
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"Evidence for us being in a police state is stacking up."
"Does anyone else see the irony in "cutting out" a poem about knife crime?"
"Only an illiterate ignoramus could object to this poem"
"I think it is riduculous that this poem has been banned, and so do all my students."
"You insult the intelligence of everyone by this action, especially the schoolchildren."
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"I love this poem."
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"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... stop it, you're killing me!"
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"This poem is no more 'disturbing' than a lot of poems in the anthology and the way I used to teach it made students question their opinion of what education can actually do for a person."
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"I think studying this poem is a great way to get students talking about the evils of knife crime."
"What a cowardly act"
