I met the new students of English today. They are, of course, a delight, though I have to ask: what is it with Nazis, guys? Favourite book,
The Diary of Anne Frank, favourite film,
Schindler's List etc. etc. etc. Clearly the A-level curriculum is run by somebody very weird indeed…
Schindler's List, fabulous.
ReplyDeleteAnd I know this isn't really the point of it, but I found Anne Frank's diary incredibly dull and didn't even get to the end. Does that make me shallow?
It could have been worse: Some Cecila Ahern novel and any number of RomComs
ReplyDeleteMy German housemate told me that he'd had to read the diary in school, aged 14. 'It was so boring', he said, 'that I wished they'd caught her earlier'. Which is pretty funny, though slightly insensitive coming from a German…
ReplyDeleteEmma - you've described one of my sisters' preferred reading, with the addition of Ross O'Carroll Kelly.
In respect of the Diary of Anne Frank, I also started something I couldn't finish. Never seen Schindler's List but I imagine it's sort of similar to The Pianist which, when forced to watch in a History lesson, made me terribly bored and fidgety.
ReplyDeleteEwar - Someone's going to sly The Diary of Anne Frank onto the Popular Texts module now. We've made our bed.
Guten Morgen, Ich Bin Euer Lehrer
ReplyDelete- wenn es hier um Ausbildung geht, dann wollen wir es richtig machen, nicht wahr ?
Damn - you're absolutely right, an educationalist should be extra careful to get prepositions right and I'm ashamed - though my German was all picked up informally.
ReplyDeleteNow despite having a GCSE in German I know next to nothing about it but, that's definitely not a preposition. I reckon it's a possessive adjective.
ReplyDeleteAccurate git. It's been a long day.
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