Nursery Rhymes
I am reading a very entertaining book:
"Heavy Words Lightly Thrown."
by: Chris Roberts.
Each chapter invetsigates the origin of a different nursery rhyme.
I thought teachers would be amused at the authors current comments re Georgy Porgy.
In Georgy Porgy he is simplying saying "we have an incredibly modern rhyme about the dangers of being a tubby child. The rhyme is saying that lard-arses wont get anywhere with the birds and might be bullied."
"Once again, it seems that the British genius for song puts the case more succinctly than could any number of health advisory leaflets or annoying adverts for gymnasiums currently doing the rounds. It is worth pointing out that, in 2003,14 % of 15 year olds and 8 % of 6 year-olds were defined as obese, and 31,000 people die of obesity-related diseases every year in the UK. Among the proposals suggested by the Dpt of Education to improve this situation is one to distribute free fruit to children. Surely this cannot be the same Dpt of Education that a generation ago allowed schools to sell of playing fields to help them become more business -focussed and competitive? Or the society that allows poor payments to teachers and the threat of lawsuits to cut back on out-of-school activities? Or the one that, through its drive to compete via league tables, causes ever-portlier kids to get driven in cars to ever-farther-away schools? Still, its nice to get a bit of fruit since they took the milk away."
Posted by Gay on 20th August, 2010 | Comments | Trackbacks
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