Who Is Allowed Access to Education?: What Bri Lee’s “Who Gets To Be Smart” and Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Klara And the Sun” can tell us about equitable education
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Who Is Allowed Access to Education?: What Bri Lee’s “Who Gets To Be Smart” and Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Klara And the Sun” can tell us about equitable education

What does a nonfiction social commentary book from Australian writer Bri Lee have to do with a dystopian futuristic novel from Japanese-British author Kazuo Ishiguro? The short answer – A lot.
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Snide Remarks People Say About the Arts and Humanities
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Snide Remarks People Say About the Arts and Humanities

“So there are people trying to cure cancer and you just talk about books all day?”

“If you have to practice singing and piano so much every day, you mustn’t be very good.”

“If you were any good at what you do, you’d be famous by now.”

“Don’t you want to do something that contributes to the world?” Continue reading