A cer­tain Mrs. Wendy Christie, on express­ing dis­so­nant views towards ‘canon of lit­er­a­ture’ texts:

At PhD level you will be asked for your own opin­ion. Don’t do it before that.

Wel­come to New South Wales, Aus­tralia man­dated cur­ricu­lum: Sti­fling cre­ativ­ity, free­dom of expres­sion, and inde­pen­dent thought since some time in the late twen­ti­eth century.