Poetry in schools.

[Richard]

Also, where do you teach, Richard? Curriculums (curricula, whatever) need a good shakeup all over the world.

I teach in Canada, and in a province where the students do a standardized test in grade 12. That standardized test isn't completely terrible because it does make students think about what they're reading, and it isn't just "on the line" questions. However, it does limit how much time you can spend on something like poetry because there is only one poetry question on that test worth 5 marks out of a total of 75 marks.

I find that curriculums need more input from experienced teachers, but that seems to be less of a norm these days. I would love to create a curriculum for a poetry course