literature, education, and early modern drama // the words, words, words of Dr James Alsop, Teacher of English // views are my own and do not represent those of my employer
In this bizarre educational environment it can become very easy to convince yourself that every mistake you make in your learning counts as well, and - what is more - counts against you. How do you respond, then, when you get something wrong? How do you react when you fall short of perfection? The answer is simple, but it's one I wish that I had been told when I was at school...
That lower-case "w" in "Curley's wife" stands for some terrible, terrible things. It would be nice to capitalise it, to give it the appearance of a name, to treat it as a title rather than as an insult. But we can't...
