tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874888511895059748.post2324793037890014548..comments2023-10-19T12:56:09.574+00:00Comments on literascribe: Laureates and LollyLorna Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10902741383469719107noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874888511895059748.post-29292036503111159162008-05-27T22:54:00.000+00:002008-05-27T22:54:00.000+00:00Thanks for your comments. I too would be hard pres...Thanks for your comments. I too would be hard pressed to choose between the two candidates, though Duffy's Mrs Aesop and those other withering satires in The World's Wife hold a special place in my heart (while not reflecting in any way on the state of my own marriage!) Good point, Juxtabook, about the boys liking Armitage - my son was delighted that he got to talk about Hitcher in last week's exam. I was just relieved that the paper asked him things he was willing to talk about at all - and if it had to be psychopathic violence, so be it! I don't think he mentioned Rutger Hauer along the way, which is remarkable, as his mind works most efficiently when film analogies can be drawn. I've had a look at your blog and like it very much - lovely range of books referred to. And all my sympathies with the labyrinthine procedures of exam marking - you're well out of it, I'd say. I've been teaching a very very long time now and at no time have ever felt any temptation to be an examiner - and especially these days (if you've read the rest of my blog you'll now my feelings about Assessment Objectives and so on).Lorna Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10902741383469719107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874888511895059748.post-46382610045532177942008-05-27T20:23:00.000+00:002008-05-27T20:23:00.000+00:00I think either Duffy or Armitage would be a good c...I think either Duffy or Armitage would be a good choice. Armitage has the edge though for me. I also loved Armitage's Sir Gawain. I liked teaching them both too, but again perhaps Armitage more. Armitage's poems on the GCSE syllabus are his earlier ones and the boys especially tended to respond well to a younger man's view of the world, though as you'd expect I think he is much better as he has got older. I like Armitage's novels too.Juxtabookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102279698993288454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874888511895059748.post-79274023569824608072008-05-23T12:45:00.000+00:002008-05-23T12:45:00.000+00:00I wasn't aware they got paid either! Both candida...I wasn't aware they got paid either! Both candidates are a good choice.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.com