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Barbie to be on the Leaving Cert Exam

  • 19-02-2024 12:30pm
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    Dunnie Gawl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭


    Stop the world and let me the fuсk off. We are well and truly up shᎥt creek as a society. If this rubbish is on the LC children will be brainwashed with this utter nonsense.

    What was wrong with classics like My Left Foot? Othello? Or Billy Elliot or MacBeth.

    There’s a concurrent thread in After Hours which might have a different spin to this one.



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    witchgirl26
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    To be fair, my recollection of my leaving was that there was a number of books, plays & films that were on the syllabus & that a theme is decided. Each school can then pick from those on the list for a comparative of how they look at the topic. So the topic for mine was "The role of women in society" - the Barbie movie actually would fit quite well within this and, depending on what the other texts chosen were, could give a really good comparison. And considering the book I had to read for that comparison, this is a vast improvement.

    And what exactly do you think they will be brainwashed with? Or will it maybe make them think? Coz god forbid that happen.



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    Ardent
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    How is Barbie of any educational merit? Smacks of feminist nonsense.



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    witchgirl26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,253 ✭✭✭witchgirl26


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121788712#Comment_121788712

    I would think that the critical examination of the themes in any movie is educational. I would argue some of the other films previously included were of little to no merit in an entertainment way but were good for use in a compare & contrast scenario which is what the Barbie movie will be used for in the Leaving Cert. It's not being used as a replacement to something like the Shakespeare text.



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