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More than half of UK children do not read in their spare time, survey reveals (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] acwern@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Not 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 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 points 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