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    Simply reading them is not enough, especially not in the...

    If any art is to be taught in schools, it has to be Poetry, for poetry is the only artistic form of a core subject.

    Learning the basics of literature and language is not designed to be fun or enjoyable, it is an essential requirement. It is important that students can get to grips with the basics of their home language and a standard 'look, cover, write, check' method for learning spelling and expanding vocabulary is effective, for it requires the learner to write the words themselves. Simply reading them is not enough, especially not in the context of a poem- unconventional, even strange concepts typical of poetry may well be too demanding for the pupil, whose priority is to learn writing and reading. They can still learn reading through the cultural means of reading novels, in which the extended prose used by the author is far easier to follow.

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    On December 7th, 2007, The Guardian, a British newspaper...

    Poetry is a notoriously difficult concept. It is a highly challenging subject to teach, for its identity as an art form is constantly changing and being debated

    If top academics and those highly informed about the subject take issue with poetry, school pupils cannot be expected to fathom it. On December 7th, 2007, The Guardian, a British newspaper affiliated to the Left, noted that this ambiguous identity of poetry renders it very difficult to teach;"But until education theory asks itself what poetry itself is, and therefore what the teacher is trying to get across, poems will continue largely to figure as teaching aids, exercises and - for teenagers - increasingly tedious, somewhat arbitrary puzzles".1 The canonised poets and their poetry are concerned with adult life experiences, e.g. love, life, work, history and politics, solitude, loneliness, etc. For this reason, widely acclaimed poetry is deep and requires an adult mind and mature emotional depth to understand, or at least draw something from, this famous poetry. 1 Sampson, Fiona, "Poetry is not a tool for teaching other things", guardian.co.uk Books Blog, 7 December 2007, 1 September 2011

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    If age-appropriate poetry is taught in schools then it...

    Poetry is a notoriously difficult concept. It is a highly challenging subject to teach, for its identity as an art form is constantly changing and being debated

    While great poetry may deal with adult experiences there is poetry that targets a younger audience and methods available to teach this type of poetry. Children’s poetry, for instance, is not complex or dark in subject matter and uses very regular rhythm and rhyme schemes, which young students will enjoy. If age-appropriate poetry is taught in schools then it gives young people the chance to develop an appreciation for poetry and its various techniques. This means that in later years young people will have the skills necessary to properly understand great poetry. Poems that require more mature minds to understand can, and should, be used to stretch students to teach about these contexts as well as about the kind of imagry and analogy used in the poems. Using more difficult poems to stretch puplils will ensure they keep improving.

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    Poetry offers a fun method of teaching subjects that can...

    If any art is to be taught in schools, it has to be Poetry, for poetry is the only artistic form of a core subject.

    It is an enjoyable way to teach the core subject of home language and literature written therein; interesting and obscure concepts hold the learner's interest when studying their home language and its landmark literature, while simultaneously expanding vocabulary and improving spelling. Poetry offers a fun method of teaching subjects that can otherwise easily be exhaustive and repetitive For examples; Shirley Hughes' poems for young readers such as Best friends introduce young readers to the vowel sounds of their home language. The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson teaches the reader about a great historical landmark. The war poetry of Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon et al teaches students about the First World War and the horrors thereof. Zoe's Earrings by Kit Wright teaches pre-GCSE students about accents.1 1 Wright, Kit, "Zoe's Earrings", BBC Learning Zone, accessed 1 September 2011

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    Performing Arts (Dance, Music, Theatre) Are More Challenging Than Visual Art or Film Production.

    Hey! I accidentally hitted the accept button, but I really didn't want to debate with you. Sorry!

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    Performing Arts (Dance, Music, Theatre) Are More Challenging Than Visual Art or Film Production.

    I win! Vote con! And yeah, I did want to debate with you!

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    Even if boundaries were put in place someone is always...

    If nervegear existed would people use it to evil end like in SAO (Sword Art Online)

    Even if boundaries were put in place someone is always going to find a loophole or just break the rule entirely and do it just by saying it is a bad thing to do is not going to stop someone from doing it. Why would you kidnap the target when someone could see it when you can kill some by simply hacking into their nervegear device or if you know the person you can just remove the device form the person while they are using it and they are dead just like that. The nervegear device no matter how much good it would bring to the world of gaming it would ultimately be used in ways that people probably wouldn't have though of like making a game like the one in SAO where the user cannot log out. This would be used to keep them their until you get what you want and if they don't tell you well they can stay trapped in the game forever. Having someone stuck in a game like that knowing that with one step out of a safe zone or city you could die and not see you family or friends again would be traumatising to youth and adults.

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    Boundaries that are placed would be done in such a way...

    If nervegear existed would people use it to evil end like in SAO (Sword Art Online)

    Boundaries that are placed would be done in such a way that loops holes don't exist, we'd remove the feature that death of the living person happens on the death of the virtual character, therefore preventing the possibility of someone even dying. People are going to notice how you kidnap someone, why not just save time and take the person directly. If you left someone trapped inside the game world with the chance of them dying, wouldn't that be a tad dangerous. Nervegear would only ever bring good to the world, as no one would be able to change the system programming if the right measures were put into place. Say weekly patches, frequency of use databases, and other kinds of defences would be used to prevent someone being trapped in the world. If someone were evil they wouldn't waste time sticking someone in a virtual reality, they would have to place the person under severe surveillance and that would mean getting others to go along with the plan, meaning that it would be that much less subtle then just simply kidnapping the person directly.