Here’s a a report fron 2014 about it:
Comment on More than half of UK children do not read in their spare time, survey reveals
acwern@sh.itjust.works 1 year agoNot sure about that last bit, Of Mice and Men is a pretty standard GCSE text and it’s written by an American
tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 1 year ago
tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 1 year ago
As an ex-English teacher I can assure you that’s the case. It changed in the 2016 reforms (when, among other things grades turned into numbers). It’s the same for To Kill a Mockingbird, another much-taught US text.
Some schools use Of Mice and Men as class readers in Year 8 and 9.
acwern@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Well that’s daft, they’re both perfectly good books. I finished my gcse’s in 2016 so must’ve narrowly missed it
tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Here’s a a report fron 2014 about it:
amp.theguardian.com/…/mockingbird-mice-and-men-ax…