To what extent can different forms of arts influence our ideas of freedom and equality?

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Extracurricular activities

Should extracurricular activities be mandatory at high schools?

BOOKS TO READ (classes de terminale L /Euro)

Here is a list of books that you need to buy and read : "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett, edition : Penguin Books  "The White Witch of Rosehall" by Herbert G. De Lisser, edition : Macmillan Caribbean.
For literature classes : "Animal Farm" by George Orwell, edition: Penguin Books and "Emma" by Jane Austen, Penguin Classics.

"The Help" must be read before September.

"Dreams From My Father" Barack Obama

Are your dreams the same as those of your parents?

What do you like to read?

If you had to choose a text which you feel represents your generation and your culture, what would it be? Is there a specific genre or author you like to read? Many of my students of English enjoy reading Science-Fiction. This year, we studied some Gothic Literature, which included a mix of Stoker, Poe and The Simpsons!  Do you think it's important that students study literary texts such as those by Jane Austen and Oscar Wilde? Or is it better to keep up with modern trends? Do you read comics or manga?

How have your reading tastes changed as you have become older?  Do you still have fond memories of any particular stories, legends or tales? 

My favourite texts from my childhood: Marita Conlon-McKenna's Under the Hawthorn Tree, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. Lian Hearn's Tales of the Otori.

Favourites as I've gotten older: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, anything by Ian McEwan, the poetry of W.B. Yeats and Seamus Heaney, and, most recently, A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin.

Do you have a favourite author or text?

Do you think the media plays too big a role in our lives?

Do you think the media plays too big a role in our lives?