Re: [OM] IMG: Time Out

[Andrew Fildes]

Not always a bad thing. I once happened upon the 1888 matriculation paper for 
English for this state. 
The second question asked the student to write out lines 18-41 (I think) of 
Arnold's 'Sohrab and Rustum'
How well do you think you'd have done?

Terrible; we just don't teach rote learning any more!
Andrew Fildes
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On 05/01/2012, at 6:36 PM, Chris Barker wrote:

> A couple of years ago I found a book for sale in the Victoria and Albert 
> Museum shop: papers in English Examination at O Level.  It contained 
> questions that modern youngsters would find very difficult to answer because 
> schools in the UK don't teach English Language to that detail.  And that has 
> had a deleterious effect on our ability to write clearly and comprehensibly.

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