| Private Matter | 01 Feb 2016 6:13 p.m. PST |
Of course this is a joke but still funny:
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| raylev3 | 01 Feb 2016 6:48 p.m. PST |
Sounds like a cunning plan. |
| MacrossMartin | 01 Feb 2016 8:21 p.m. PST |
You know, if 'The German Guns' had actually been written by a WW1 poet, it would probably be applauded as a minimalist triumph. There's something disturbing about a poem that just uses the word 'boom' 14 times. Disturbing and appropriate. |
| Lt Col Pedant | 02 Feb 2016 2:10 a.m. PST |
… another three times and it could have been a haiku. |
| Cerdic | 02 Feb 2016 4:32 a.m. PST |
My wife is an English teacher. Kids today have never heard of Blackadder or Baldrick. So she gave them Baldrick's poem to analyse. They thought it was a real WW1 poem and took the task seriously. The results were surprising. Apparently it does stand up as a piece of poetry! |
 The Virtual Armchair General  | 02 Feb 2016 11:21 a.m. PST |
Now if only they'd put up for display Lt. George's art, especially his magnum opus study of the German lines opposite his Battalion's own, showing not only the huge numbers of Hun infantry, but guns of all calibers, major fortifications, and most touchingly, the war elephants. Surely these deserve display at the newly remodeled Imperial War Museum as well? TVAG |
| Supercilius Maximus | 02 Feb 2016 12:26 p.m. PST |
Cerdic, The sad thing is that, until recently, nobody in the UK was ever taught WW1 as history – only through the War Poets. This explains why we, as a nation, have such a lop-sided view of the war and how it was fought. Interesting to see your wife doing something a little different, but once again through English, not as history. |
| 15th Hussar | 03 Feb 2016 6:11 a.m. PST |
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| Mmmmmmmm | 05 Oct 2016 1:23 p.m. PST |
Not quite true Supercilius Max.,in the late 1970s the Scottish 'Higher' grade history exam curriculum included WWI (as well as the Russian Revolution), and no mention of war poets. |
| Supercilius Maximus | 07 Oct 2016 2:10 a.m. PST |
Mark – I'm assuming you know this because you were at school at that time (most likely as a pupil, I'll assume!). Am I right in thinking that "Higher" is the equivalent of "A/S" Level down here in England? I'd be interested in knowing more. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, btw. |
| Chouan | 20 Apr 2017 1:33 p.m. PST |
I realise that I have come into this thread rather late, but can I just confirm that I have been teaching History in British secondary schools (Aged 11-18) for the past 18 years and have taught the First World War every year; until recently it was taught to all students in Y9, and potentially at GCSE and A Level. I currently teach it in Y8, and it is in the new GCSE specification. |
