[etni] Fw: misguided English?
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- Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:01:28 +0200
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From: Daniel - ydaleph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: misguided English?
You mean there are teachers who teach a language without the literature? How
do you that? How do you teach appreciation and culture of a language without
literature. I believe what John Keating says in Dead Poet's society captures
the importance of poetry, stories of a language - espcially English best
when he says:
We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry
because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with
passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits
and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are
what we stay alive for.
The new literature component added by the Ministry of Education it seems to
me is a re-enstatement of what good English already know and do in the
classroom. Aren't I right?
Daniel
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