Anonymous  +  700587 Fri, 24 Apr 09 10:29 AM "The literary heritage Ideas about English change over time, but two themes endure. One of these is about a ‘heritage’ of literary texts that no pupil should leave school without reading. We want to consider what ‘heritage’ means in our multi-ethnic, multicultural society and in a context where the boundaries between literary and non-literary texts are increasingly blurred in both print and electronic media. What should a reading heritage be for pupils in 2015? "   http://www.qca.org.uk/qca_5644.aspx   Any thoughts on the final question in that paragraph? Anonymous Paragraphs, Writing, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages, Context

	Zerox  +  700622 Fri, 24 Apr 09 12:42 PM An interesting question. The range of choice is very, very vast. Who knows, perhaps people's blogs gain some heritage and they are the canon of 21st century. Zerox Joined on Wed, May 10 2006 Full Member 295 -It is rational that the irrational contradicts with the rational-

	Kooyeen  +  701088 Sat, 25 Apr 09 05:46 PM Is Shakespeare influential? And if so, why? I suspect he's only influential because they made him look influential, as it always happens way too often in too many other cases. Are some important authors almost unknown? And if so, why? I suspect they are not influential because they made them look not important, as it always happens way too often in too many other cases. Answer to your question: What should a reading heritage be for pupils in 2015? There's no answer to that question, because it's a stupid question. Pupils, irisis, eyelashes, students, or whatever you want to call them, are NOT in school to read stupid books. I thought that was clear enough. Everyone knows school is meant to be a place where people play with their cellphones, play tricks on the teachers, and smoke weed in the bathroom. Who the hell reads books anymore in school, in 2015? Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Senior Member 4,969 Parental Advisory / Explicit Posts Students

	MrPedantic  +  702071 Sun, 26 Apr 09 12:24 PM Anonymous “   a ‘heritage’ of literary texts that no pupil should leave school without reading. ”   You might as well devise a checklist of mathematical formulae that no pupil should leave school without "reading".   MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	MrPedantic  +  704473 Mon, 27 Apr 09 09:26 PM The idea that reading a certain number of texts will, somehow, provide a 16- or 18-year-old with something called a "literary heritage" is as desperate as suggesting that reading through a certain number of formulae will lead to an understanding of mathematics.   but two themes endure” Curiously, the writer doesn't seem to mention the 2nd theme that endures.   MrP MrPedantic Writing