THE DOMINIE EFFECT
#Schools & #teachers in #Scottish #literature
π Sorley MacLean & Iain Crichton Smith
π #ScotsLanguage in the classroom
π George Friel & Muriel Spark
π Hugh Miller (1802β1856)
π Ross Sayers on #writing for #YA
π The Crime of Miss Jean Brodie
Image: βThe Dominieβ, William Stewart (1823β1906), Paisley Art Institute
https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2023/07/every-days-a-schuil-day/
Every Day's A Schuil Day - The Bottle Imp
Education and Literature are old school friends. With buttoned-up blazer and responsible shoulders, Education sits at the front of class, passing to its peers the tools needed to navigate the world that loiters restlessly at the gates. Literature, that wild-eyed dreamer, lurks at the back of the room, scars the desk with secrets and stories, [β¦]