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I always wonder if UK politicians had to read Orwell in high school, 1984 was mandatory reading for me here in Austria.
by musha68k 11y ago
I always wonder if UK politicians had to read Orwell in high school, 1984 was mandatory reading for me here in Austria.
- venomsnake 11y agoProbably. As a textbook. But if you look throughout UK history - the only freedoms they really cared about are the strong individual property rights. When property is equal-ish distributed - all the other rights also are. But with property increasingly concentrated ... So this bills are not unexpected - they don't infringe on anyone's property - so they get a pass from the powerbrokers.
- ionised 11y agoI'm 29 years old and I had only heard of Orwell in school when one of my English Literature teachers mentioned Animal Farm in a passing comment about Russia. I had never read any Orwell works until 18, and that was entirely recreational and extra-curricular.
- Symbiote 11y agoNo book is mandatory for English study, teachers have some choice within a set selection of texts. Animal Farm is one of the options. http://www.educationumbrella.com/curriculum-vital/gcse-english-literature-set-texts-for-teaching-from-2015 http://www.educationumbrella.com/curriculum-vital/gcse-engli...