#Classics

Oxford Classics

oxfordclassics

Wonderful to read @philfacox interview with ⁦@BAFTA winning actor &⁩ @hilda_beastoxf⁩ #Classics alumna Katherine Parkinson ⁦@ITCrowdSupport⁩Oxford Philosophy magazine ‘A mind still valid’ (pages 16-18)https://www.philosoph

Jack Watling

Jack_Watling

Reflecting on #alevels2020 when I arrived in the UK I wanted to study classics at uni. I had the highest grades awarded in the national system where I went to

ClassicActivist 📢🏺🧨

ClassicActivist

There’s been a lot of talk about equity & justice for Classics and Classics-adjacent subjects in recent years. Good work is being done by allies & activists. But EVEN if

Rebecca Renner 🌈

RebeccaRennerFL

I used to be a high school English teacher and curriculum developer. I'm going to try to offer a little nuance to this conversation about teaching classics.When used well, classics

Lady Demosthenes

LadyDemosthenes

When did we start teaching children that a character has to look like them to be relatable? I was never taught to read only books by people who look like

K. Imani Tennyson

K_Imani

True story: I had a student, a young black girl, who loved reading and writing. She was a talented writer who loved writing fan fiction and fantasy. I exposed her

Matthew Yglesias

mattyglesias

I would love to see participants in “make kids read the classics” vs “assign more diverse works” debate try cite one (1) piece of relevant research to support either position

Theo Nash

theo_nash

This piece from @kataplexis and @lpoldybloom gets at something I’ve been thinking about a lot recently. https://rfkclassics.blogspot.com/2021/02/changing-classics-to-save-classics-view.html They outline the requirements of their old, ‘p

Dr. Isaac Butler, MFA

parabasis

So, you may already know this, but when they worked together on the Broadway premiere of A Streetcar Named Desire, Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy (who played Blanche!) did not

Matthew Mason

matthewwmason

'Until fairly recently, Britain had an amazingly vital autodidact culture, where a large minority of the working classes passionately pursued classic literature, philosophy, and music...they knew that the "great books"...would

PEG

pegobry

Rarely have I simultaneously so desperately wanted not to click, and wanted to click. Reader, I have clicked. Ok, fine, let's do this. I'm already regretting this, but I guess

Dr Katherine Blouin

isisnaucratis

I'm still in the midst of @Academics4BSW training. I'm processing all the learning in my mind, body &. I might share more about the experience down the road. For now

Dan Hernandez

CubanMissileDH

Hey comic book nerds, show me the best four prizes from your collection. Beat this!! #comics And just so everyone is aware, all of these comics were purchased between the

Jonathan Marks

marksjo1

I've just finished @ProfEricAdler's Battle of the Classics. It is well-worth the read, a book that can be read profitably both by those with a passing interest in the fate

IBSI

IbsiNow

THREAD In his comments to the Rabbinical Assembly in 1968, Dr. King addressed the issue of anti-Semitism among the Negro community. His words help clarify where we are today. (pages

David Bowles (Mācuīl Ehēcatl) 🏳️‍🌈

DavidOBowles

Nobody with a shitty, reactionary, regressive take on the classics in the classroom today ...... actually knows a GODDAMN THING about literacy or the point to English instruction in public

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