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To: Michael Gove.
Robert Tressell to be taught in schools
Dear Michael Gove, If you think teaching American Literature is not acceptable in schools then you must add Robert Tressell's English Classic, "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" to the National Curriculum.
Why is this important?
I like many others began my love of literature reading "Of Mice and Men" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" I have re-read them both several times in adulthood. In addition to being entertaining, the book's have powerful messages of fairness, equality and compassion. Our Children deserve to be taught in a balanced way and monumental decisions like this should be made by the experts. The National curriculum should be in the best interest of the pupils and not the whim of someone who "doesn't like them"
