to withdraw the poem was not taken lightly and only after due consideration of the issues involved. We believe the decision underlines the often difficult balance that exists between encouraging and facilitating young people to think critically about difficult but important topics and the need to do this in a way which is sensitive to social issues and public concern."[by Carol Ann Duffy]
Education for Leisure
Today I am going to kill something. Anything.
from The Guardian: Top exam board asks schools to destroy book containing knife poem
also The Guardian: Mrs Schofield's GCSE: The poem Carol Ann Duffy penned in response to her work being removed from a GCSE curriculum
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