Sunday 25 May 2014

Changes To UK School Reading Syllabus....

"New English literature GCSE ditches American classics for pre-20th century British authors such as Dickens and Austen"

An interesting one this. I can't help thinking a more British syllabus might be more appropriate for British pupils, particularly when there is such a limited number of books that there is time to study in any real depth within the scope of the pupil's educational years. But this does close the door on some remarkable works of literature. 



I had the pleasure of studying Harper Lee's, To Kill A Mocking Bird for English Literature 
O' Level, (showing my age there...) It does seem a shame that many kids won't get the chance to do the same.

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