Yesterday I wrote about the latest plan of edubabble to literally remove literature from our public "school" curricula across the country.  This is not merely a passing phenomenon, it is a matter of law, as the US Federal "government" in another of its educational mandates has  more or less stated that English as a subject is simply to concentrate on "nuts and bolts" writing: "basic skill sets" (to use the jargon of the pseudo-discipline of "education") such as alphabetizing and how to read directions on boxes of Bisquick are to be emphasized: no need for nasty things like literature that … [Read more...]