My last post (it's been a busy old week) was about the thin end of the wedge and I wondered what Carol Ann Duffy would say about regarding her poem being taken off the syllabus.

I've now got my answer... she's published a poem named after a teacher who described the first poem as "absolutely horrendous".

Check out what the Guardian says about the whole thing.
http://tiny.cc/duffy

Personally, I think the new poem should go on the syllabus with Education for Leisure and they be taught together. Open up the discussion about censorship with students. What could be better at GCSE than to make students think?

I also love that there's scandal about poetry. It's been too long since people really got passionate about poetry.

::Update::

It's a wonderful poem. Read it here: http://tiny.cc/gcse158