tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post584095408182143352..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Facelift for Literature Syllabusbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-52724670676069583602008-04-09T23:53:00.000+08:002008-04-09T23:53:00.000+08:00it's really nice to hear this! well done to the 3 ...it's really nice to hear this! well done to the 3 of you and i hope this has really kicked off your love for sharing books.<BR/><BR/>you sound as if you should form an ongoing reading group!bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-40054960383948206262008-04-09T23:24:00.000+08:002008-04-09T23:24:00.000+08:00I really enjoyed taking English Literature last ye...I really enjoyed taking English Literature last year. And pardon me if this comment is actually a year late. But last year, my school only had 3 students taking this subject, and there wouldn't be any, if I hadn't taken the initiative to find out the books and whatnot. <BR/><BR/>In fact, we didn't even have a teacher, but we did all the discussions on our own - having some really eye opening ones since the three of us were really different - and we just went online to search for materials. <BR/><BR/>And I really enjoyed every moment of it. In fact, our favourite discussion would always be about Lord of the Flies, and it was amazing, the questions that we could find in books and other internet materials. We always prompted each other, and had many varied opinions. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes, we had other students in our class or even in the school to take part in our small discussion group in the library every Wednesday afternoons. Everybody had their own views on each poem, and each statement, and it was fun discussing it all when we weren't distracted. :) <BR/><BR/>In the end, I can only say that I was rather disappointed with the SPM questions since they were so strict and were the kind that had a set answer and weren't at all like past questions in which we could stare out opinions, and share out point of view. It was tough. Especially since the 3 of us didn't have any proper guidance. <BR/><BR/>But, the three of us got an A1 anyway, and I for one, am terribly happy that we did take up the subject after all. And I miss those Wednesday afternoons. :( <BR/><BR/>I just want to say share my views on this, or rather, my experience. :DNicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16787287236191544456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1363584000669196292007-05-08T15:44:00.000+08:002007-05-08T15:44:00.000+08:00I don't know that it's illegal to walk around nake...I don't know that it's illegal to walk around naked, in Australia. I'll try to find out.<BR/><BR/>Encouraging children to look at porn is a different thing from them accidentally picking up a magazine. As I said earlier, pornographic magazines are generally wrapped in clear plastic, and located near the front counter of the shop. So if a child tried to open one, she or he would be quickly stopped by the shopowner.<BR/><BR/>But that's not what I'm really trying to say.<BR/><BR/>It is better to live in a country where porn is considered a fact of life and largely ignored (as it is in Australia) than to live in a country where the authorities try to impose their dress and behaviour standards on the individual (as in Indonesia).<BR/><BR/>I don't know how they behave in Malaysia.Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-89110885049990504432007-05-08T12:39:00.000+08:002007-05-08T12:39:00.000+08:00"Kids are not hurt by pictures of naked women"So w..."Kids are not hurt by pictures of naked women"<BR/><BR/>So why's it illegal to walk around in public without your clothes on ? and what about porn ? should children be allowed access to porn ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-2051676899990747522007-05-07T17:56:00.000+08:002007-05-07T17:56:00.000+08:00"It's like a kid watching a car crash or someone b..."It's like a kid watching a car crash or someone being killed."<BR/><BR/>That's bullshit, im my opinion. Absolute crap.<BR/><BR/>Kids are not hurt by pictures of naked women. You find one psychologist giving an opinion such as that, and I'll show you an out-and-out quack!<BR/><BR/>Religion does more harm to children than any book -- with pictures or not -- that's ever been published.<BR/><BR/>If you frighten children with god (or God), they'll stay frightened their whole life.<BR/><BR/>The brouhaha that's occurred in Indonesia following the publication of Indonesian Playboy is a disgrace. It makes the Islamist thought-police look like complete fools, in the eyes of many people in the West.<BR/><BR/>Like school-yard bullies who never got enough love.Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-66506630905188207452007-05-07T11:50:00.000+08:002007-05-07T11:50:00.000+08:00"Like I said, very young kids do not choose to loo..."Like I said, very young kids do not choose to look at it because they just don't understand it."<BR/><BR/>They don't have to understand it to have some sort of reaction. A psychiatrist can tell you more about the issue of kids and porn than I can. It's like a kid watching a car crash or someone being killed.<BR/><BR/>"They see mummy in the bathroom, anyway."<BR/><BR/>No they don't. Over here, as in the US I think, the idea of bathing naked with your parents is almost a crime. In Finland, though, people do that all the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-9599578948887595382007-05-06T11:24:00.000+08:002007-05-06T11:24:00.000+08:00"some cultures but people here DO have issues with..."some cultures but people here DO have issues with very young kids and porn".<BR/><BR/>Like I said, very young kids do not choose to look at it because they just don't understand it.<BR/><BR/>They see mummy in the bathroom, anyway. They don't get horny by looking at pictures of naked women. They just think it's silly.<BR/><BR/>This is my firm opinion (written in 1830 by a man well ahead of his time; you can google 'Tennyson' and 'Kraken' to learn more) on all things that are banned by 'righteous' men:<BR/><BR/>--------------------------<BR/><BR/>Below the thunders of the upper deep;<BR/>Far far beneath in the abysmal sea,<BR/>His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep<BR/>The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee<BR/>About his shadowy sides; above him swell<BR/>Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;<BR/>And far away into the sickly light,<BR/>From many a wondrous grot and secret cell<BR/>Unnumber'd and enormous polypi<BR/>Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green.<BR/>There hath he lain for ages, and will lie<BR/>Battening upon huge seaworms in his sleep,<BR/>Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;<BR/>Then once by man and angels to be seen,<BR/>In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die.Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-10401523358930866182007-05-06T09:40:00.000+08:002007-05-06T09:40:00.000+08:00i think the initial comment about the article in t...i think the initial comment about the article in the star was a red herring slipped in by that anonymous to get me all worked up!!! can't find anything in the paper or on line ...<BR/><BR/>almost all books are wrapped up here anywaybibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-90911513847213646742007-05-06T01:25:00.000+08:002007-05-06T01:25:00.000+08:00Nothing wrong with porn. Make it a no-big deal and...Nothing wrong with porn. Make it a no-big deal and eventually no one would give shit about it anyway...I'd rather my kids grow up horny and lustful than hypocritical and selfish.Poppadumdumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763910123949254981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-33879286618431194332007-05-05T23:33:00.000+08:002007-05-05T23:33:00.000+08:00That's you I guess. I suppose it seems odd to some...That's you I guess. I suppose it seems odd to some cultures but people here DO have issues with very young kids and porn. Wrapping them in some sort of grey plastic might work, but then again grey plastic isn't appealing. The idea of a magazine cover (especially a porno mag) is to get get people to pick up and buy the mag. Having a grey plastic cover would just make the mag look dull on the shelf.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-85866655625604921732007-05-05T18:37:00.000+08:002007-05-05T18:37:00.000+08:00I don't see the problem with children picking up p...I don't see the problem with children picking up porn in the bookshops. Porn seems to me to be just an excuse for the authorities to ban books generally.<BR/><BR/>I got my hands on porn when I was 15 and it didn't do me any harm. Most kids younger than 13 won't have any interest in it. They wouldn't understand it at all.<BR/><BR/>Western societies have simple ways of preventing porn from getting into kids' hands, anyway. They just wrap them in plastic.<BR/><BR/>This whole panic deal when it comes to "protecting innocent minds" is just a load of garbage, in my opinion.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, laws preventing adults from interfering with children are being very strenuously imposed, in the West. In Japan, however, there is a lot of dilly-dallying by the authorites.Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-28776444385398802922007-05-05T16:39:00.000+08:002007-05-05T16:39:00.000+08:00If anyone wants to read an updated version of Lord...If anyone wants to read an updated version of Lord of the Flies, try Battle Royale written by Koushun Takami. I bought a copy recently from Kinokuniya. Nice story about a dystopian world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-49459723391668022022007-05-05T03:17:00.000+08:002007-05-05T03:17:00.000+08:00I found Lord of Flies a little depressing and reca...I found Lord of Flies a little depressing and recall rushing through the last few chapters in time for lessons. It wasn't my cup of tea, at least not for class. <BR/><BR/>My novel choice was The River Between...the whole religion versus culture factor was fascinating from an analytical PoV. <BR/><BR/>I hope that the Lit students of '07 will enjoy what they're learning as much as (or more than!) I did with the old syllabus.Nurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04144495826637236241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-47342664434730735342007-05-05T02:13:00.000+08:002007-05-05T02:13:00.000+08:00I think the new syllabus is quite bold. Kassim Ahm...I think the new syllabus is quite bold. Kassim Ahmad has some banned works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-3604867865382390422007-05-05T00:16:00.000+08:002007-05-05T00:16:00.000+08:00i heard Holes the movie is damn good.Lord Of The V...i heard Holes the movie is damn good.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Lord Of The VizAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-63535563867382884352007-05-04T23:44:00.000+08:002007-05-04T23:44:00.000+08:00lifelongreader - very nice to meet you. the wiki ...lifelongreader - very nice to meet you. the wiki would be an interesting resource for out teachers here too ...<BR/><BR/>yes, dyslexics rule k.o.<BR/><BR/>(amnesiacs rule o.)<BR/><BR/>cheeky anon - love it - esp the rats!<BR/><BR/>nuri - as a sometime lit teacher i think the syllabus looks very nice to teach from (but then i like the previous one too - "lord of the flies" is excellent)bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-27677995873090220492007-05-04T23:23:00.000+08:002007-05-04T23:23:00.000+08:00I took Literature in English at SPM level last yea...I took Literature in English at SPM level last year and though I've not read the novels for the '07 syllabus, they sound about as interesting as their predecessors. For one thing, I only properly recognize two of the novels on the new list, not unlike before. =P<BR/><BR/>The other categories seem meh, poetry aside. But I'm no expert, so you can take my opinion with a grain of salt if it suits you.Nurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04144495826637236241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-45516852002933027072007-05-04T22:41:00.000+08:002007-05-04T22:41:00.000+08:00Well then, an alternative name for The Star could ...Well then, an alternative name for The Star could be The Rats. And the NST can be The New SisTart Mites.<BR/><BR/>Cheeky AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-44541799107479991602007-05-04T21:22:00.000+08:002007-05-04T21:22:00.000+08:00Sorry for posting again, but I just say your refer...Sorry for posting again, but I just say your reference to Holes and I am using that in class at the minute.<BR/><BR/>My class is working on developing a wiki for it <A HREF="http://stanleyyelnats.wikispaces.com/" REL="nofollow">here</A>, and are doing all the main work, let me know what you think.lifelongreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03948361464417064330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-58520383442700254472007-05-04T21:16:00.000+08:002007-05-04T21:16:00.000+08:00Dyslexics of the World Untie!!Dyslexics of the World Untie!!lifelongreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03948361464417064330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-44987376352475682472007-05-04T21:15:00.000+08:002007-05-04T21:15:00.000+08:00LOL - that must be the censored, abbreviated versi...LOL - that must be the censored, abbreviated version of Fahrenheit 451 (only a tenth as long)lifelongreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03948361464417064330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-43717005539252221552007-05-04T18:05:00.000+08:002007-05-04T18:05:00.000+08:00anon - please can you give me a more precise refer...anon - please can you give me a more precise reference as the article doesn't seem to want to be found?bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-59133465692048674642007-05-04T17:47:00.000+08:002007-05-04T17:47:00.000+08:00i missed that ... and i read the star!!! (sort of,...i missed that ... and i read the star!!! (sort of, obviously) must go and look<BR/><BR/>but that's a pretty feeble excuse imhobibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-87939804842309308942007-05-04T16:54:00.000+08:002007-05-04T16:54:00.000+08:00There was a great interview in the Star yesterday ...There was a great interview in the Star yesterday about the book-banning and why it happens. Must say I understand their point of view now. In this country children are let loose in the bookstores. If porn (for instance) is allowed, it would be difficult to prevent a kid from picking it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-22745983671580925482007-05-04T16:45:00.000+08:002007-05-04T16:45:00.000+08:00well, i'm sure you've heard about the one where th...well, i'm sure you've heard about the one where the dyslexic walked into a bra and ...<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>The Da Viz CodeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com