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Month: April 2019

Going to Sea in a Sieve

April 13, 2019June 25, 2019 by agarwhale, posted in Literary

Edward Lear's nonsense poem "The Jumblies" is among the most lighthearted pieces of poetry in history, describing a group of playful creatures who go to sea in a sieve. But could there be a deeper meaning to this poem?

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Our Totalitarian Education System

April 1, 2019June 25, 2019 by agarwhale, posted in Satire

Replace the proletariat with mindlessly subordinate children, replace Room 101 with an ordinary classroom featuring routine torture branded as “education”, replace telescreens with the watchful eyes of cutthroat administrators, and the dystopian regime of 1984 is recreated every day in the ordinary school.

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