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Don't Go Breaking My Heart
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"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
Single cover
Single by Elton John and Kiki Dee
B-side
"Snow Queen"
Released
21 June 1976
Recorded
March 1976
Genre
Pop
Length
4:28
Label
Rocket (UK)
MCA (US)
Songwriter(s)
Ann Orson (Elton John)
Carte Blanche (Bernie Taupin)
Producer(s)
Gus Dudgeon
Elton John singles chronology
"Love Song"
(1976) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
(1976) "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"
(1976)
"Love Song"
(1976) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
(1976) "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"
(1976)
Kiki Dee singles chronology
"Once a Fool"
(1975) Once a Fool1975 "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
(1976) Don't Go Breaking My Heart1976 "First Thing in the Morning"
(1977) First Thing in the Morning1977
Music video
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" on YouTube
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" is a duet by Elton John and Kiki Dee. It was written by Elton John with Bernie Taupin under the pseudonyms "Ann Orson" and "Carte Blanche", respectively, and intended as an affectionate pastiche of the Motown style, notably the various duets recorded by Marvin Gaye and singers such as Tammi Terrell and Kim Weston. It is not to be confused with the Burt Bacharach/Hal David song of the same title recorded in 1965 by Dionne Warwick for the album Here I Am.
John and Taupin originally intended to record the song with Dusty Springfield, but ultimately withdrew the offer; Springfield's partner Sue Cameron later said this was because she was too ill at the time.[1]
Contents
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1 Chart performance
2 Availability
3 Personnel
4 Charts and certifications
4.1 Weekly singles charts
4.2 Year-end charts
4.3 Sales and certifications
5 References
6 External links
Chart performance[edit]
Writers John and Taupin received the 1976 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.[2]
Unlike many of John's singles from the 1970s, it was never included on an original album (although it was recorded during the Blue Moves sessions), but was subsequently released as the third single on the album Duets, in early 1994. This version of the song was recorded with RuPaul, and reached #7 on the UK charts, and the album included another duet with Kiki Dee, Cole Porter's "True Love", which reached #2 on the UK Charts.
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" was the first No. 1 single in the UK for both John and Kiki Dee, topping the chart for six weeks in mid 1976. John would not enjoy a solo British chart-topper until "Sacrifice" in 1990. It also became his sixth No. 1 single in the US, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks and spent one week on the Easy Listening chart.[3] Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1976.[4] In the U.S. it has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[5] After this duet with Dee, John failed to have another solo number one single until "Candle in the Wind 1997". This 21-year period included two intervening number one hits in America with musical partners: "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne & Friends in 1986, and a 1992 re-make of John's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" with George Michael credited as a duet.
The B-side, "Snow Queen", was supposedly inspired by Cher, with John quoting past Sonny & Cher hits "I Got You Babe" and "The Beat Goes On", as well as the solo Cher song "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" during the fadeout of the song.
In 1977, John guest starred on The Muppet Show and performed the track with Miss Piggy. In 1985, John and Dee performed the track to the crowd at Wembley Stadium during John's set at Live Aid (where Dee sang backup). In 1987, John appeared with Minnie Mouse on the NBC series Totally Minnie miming to the track. He performed the track with Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) at the 2001 British Comedy awards. He also performed it with the Spice Girls on his ITV tribute programme An Audience with ... Elton John.
In June 2013, 37 years after its original release, the single reached one million sales in the UK.[6][7]
Availability[edit]
The song can be found on Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume II (1977) and Greatest Hits 1976–1986; the 1995 UK CD of Rock of the Westies includes it as a bonus track (the US edition did not, however). In 2002, it also appeared on John's 2-disc greatest hits album, Elton John's Greatest Hits 1970-2002. A demo version of the song was recorded by John as a solo artist.[citation needed] This version has not been released commercially. The B-side, "Snow Queen", has not seen any re-release since being issued on the single.
Personnel[edit]
Elton John – piano, vocals
Kiki Dee – vocals
James Newton Howard – Fender Rhodes electric piano, orchestral arrangements
Davey Johnstone – electric guitars
Kenny Passarelli – bass
Roger Pope – drums
Ray Cooper - tambourine, congas, bongos[citation needed]
Curt Boettcher, Kiki Dee, Cindy Bullens - backing vocals
Charts and certifications[edit]
Weekly singles charts[edit]
Chart (1976)
Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[9] 8
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[10] 3
Canada (Steede Report)[11] 1
Canada (RPM)[12] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] 3
France (SNEP)[14] 1
Germany (Official German Charts)[15] 5
Ireland (IRMA)[16] 1
Italy (FIMI)[17] 1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[18] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[19] 5
South Africa (RISA)[20] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 4
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[23] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[24] 1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[25] 1
Zimbabwe Singles (ZIMA)[26] 1
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1976)
Rank
Australia (KMR)[8] 5
Canada (RPM)[27] 4
New Zealand [28] 2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[29] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 2
US Billboard Easy Listening[30] 23
Sales and certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[31]
Platinum 10,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[32]
Gold 1,000,000[7]
United States (RIAA)[33]
Platinum 1,000,000
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Bartlett, Karen. Dusty – An Intimate Portrait of a Musical Legend.
Jump up ^ Lister, David (28 May 1994). "Pop ballads bite back in lyrical fashion". The Independent. London, England: Newspaper Publishing.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 128.
^ Jump up to: a b "Billboard, 25 December 1976 ("Billboard's Annual Talent in Action", Pop Singles of 1976)". books.google.com. Google Books. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
Jump up ^ "American certifications – Go Breaking My Heart". Recording Industry Association of America.
Jump up ^ Pakinkis, Tom (28 June 2013). "Elton, Sheeran and Andre join million-sellers club in the UK". Music Week. London, England: Intent Media. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b Lane, Daniel (27 June 2013). "Daft Punk's Get Lucky becomes one of the UK's biggest selling singles of all-time!". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, New South Wales, Australia: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5.
Jump up ^ "Austriancharts.at – Elton John & Kiki Dee – Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – Elton John & Kiki Dee – Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
Jump up ^ * Lwin, Nanda Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide. Mississauga, ON: Music Data Canada, 2000
Jump up ^ "RPM Top Singles, August 21, 1976". RPM, Vol. 25 No. 21. Canada: Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
Jump up ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Elton John & Kiki Dee" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
Jump up ^ "Lescharts.com – Elton John & Kiki Dee – Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (in French). Les classement single.
Jump up ^ "Musicline.de – Elton John & Kiki Dee Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
Jump up ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Don't Go Breaking My Heart". Irish Singles Chart.
Jump up ^ "Italiancharts.com – Elton John & Kiki Dee – Don't Go Breaking My Heart". Top Digital Download.
Jump up ^ "Charts.org.nz – Elton John & Kiki Dee – Don't Go Breaking My Heart". Top 40 Singles.
Jump up ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Elton John & Kiki Dee – Don't Go Breaking My Heart". VG-lista.
Jump up ^ ""Don't Go Breaking My Heart" on the South African Singles Chart". Springbok Radio. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
Jump up ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Elton John & Kiki Dee – Don't Go Breaking My Heart". Singles Top 100.
Jump up ^ "Swisscharts.com – Elton John & Kiki Dee – Don't Go Breaking My Heart". Swiss Singles Chart.
Jump up ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
Jump up ^ "Elton John Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 122.
Jump up ^ * Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
Jump up ^ "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Top Selling Singles of 1976 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1963-12-08. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
Jump up ^ Hunter, Nigel, ed. (1977). "Top 100 Singles 1976". BPI YearBook 1977 (2nd ed.). British Phonographic Industry. pp. 216–18. ISBN 0-906154-00-6.
Jump up ^ Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1976
Jump up ^ "Canadian single certifications – Elton John – Don't Go Breaking My Heart". Music Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
Jump up ^ "British single certifications – Elton John/Kiki Dee – Don't Go Breaking My Heart". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2014. Enter Don't Go Breaking My Heart in the search field and then press Enter.
Jump up ^ "American single certifications – Elton John & Kiki Dee – Don't Go Breaking My Heart". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 11 May 2018. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
Preceded by
"Kiss and Say Goodbye" by The Manhattans Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
7 August 1976 – 28 August 1976 (four weeks) Succeeded by
"You Should Be Dancing" by Bee Gees
Preceded by
"The Roussos Phenomenon EP" by Demis Roussos UK number-one single
24 July 1976 – 28 August 1976 (six weeks) Succeeded by
"Dancing Queen" by ABBA
Preceded by
"S-S-S-Single Bed" by Fox Australian Kent Music Report number-one single
30 August 1976 (one week)
Preceded by
"Summer" by War Billboard Easy Listening Singles number-one single
11 September 1976 (one week) Succeeded by
"Don't Stop Believin'" by Olivia Newton-John
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The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial department of the UK government, reporting to Parliament. Ofsted is responsible for inspecting a range of educational institutions, including state schools and some independent schools. It also inspects childcare, adoption and fostering agencies and initial teacher training, and regulates a range of early years and children’s social care services.[2]
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History[edit]
In 1833, Parliament agreed an annual grant to the National Society for Promoting Religious Education and the British and Foreign School Society, which respectively provided Church of England and non-denominational elementary schools for poor children. To monitor the effectiveness of the grant, two inspectors of schools were appointed in 1837, Seymour Tremenheere and the Rev. John Allen. Dr. James Kay-Shuttleworth, then secretary of the Privy Council education committee, ensured that the inspectors were appointed by Order-in-Council to guard their independence.[4]
The grant and inspection system was extended in 1847 to Roman Catholic elementary schools established by the Catholic Poor School Committee.[5] Inspectors were organised on denominational lines, with the churches having a say in the choice of inspectors, until 1876, when inspectors were re-organised by area.
After the Education Act 1902, inspections were expanded to state-funded secondary schools along similar lines. Over time, more inspections were carried out by inspectors based in local education authorities, with HMI focussing on reporting to the Secretary of State on education conditions across the country.[6]
The government of John Major, concerned about variable local inspection regimes, decided to introduce a national scheme of inspections though a reconstituted HMI, which became known as the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted).[7] Under the Education (Schools) Act 1992, HMI would supervise the inspection of each state-funded school in the country, and would publish its reports for the benefit of schools, parents, and government instead of reporting to the Secretary of State.[8]
In September 2001, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England became responsible for registration and inspection of day care and childminding in England, and the position was renamed Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills. Previously this was done by 150 local authorities, based on their implementation by 1992 of the Daycare Standards provisions of the 1989 Children Act.[9]
Schedule 11 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006[10] changed the way in which Ofsted works without significantly changing the provision. Since 2006 the structure of Ofsted has derived elements from business models, with a Chair, an executive board, regional officers, and a formal annual report to Parliament in the light of concerns about schools, and local authority children's services. In April 2007 the former Office for Standards in Education merged with the Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI) to provide an inspection service that includes all post-16 government funded education (but not Higher Education Institutes and Universities which are inspected by the Quality Assurance Agency). At the same time it took on responsibility for the registration and inspection of social care services for children, and the welfare inspection of independent and maintained boarding schools from the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI).[11]
Current state[edit]
The services Ofsted inspects or regulates now include: local services, childminding, child day care, children's centres, children's social care, CAFCASS, state schools, independent schools and teacher training providers, colleges, and learning and skills providers in England. It also monitors the work of the Independent Schools Inspectorate.[12] HMI are empowered and required to provide independent advice to the United Kingdom government and parliament on matters of policy and to publish an annual report to parliament on the quality of educational provision in England. Ofsted distributes its functions amongst its offices in London, Manchester, Nottingham, Birmingham, Cambridge, York and Bristol.
Oftsed only covers England; the Education and Training Inspectorate in Northern Ireland, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education in Scotland, and Estyn in Wales perform similar functions within their education systems.
Inspectors[edit]
The current Chief Inspector is Amanda Spielman, who was appointed in January 2017 replacing Sir Michael Wilshaw.
Ofsted directly employs Her Majesty's Inspectors (HMI), who are appointed by the Queen in Council. As of July 2009[update] there were 443 HMIs, of whom 82 were engaged in management, 245 in the inspection of schools, and the rest in inspection of other areas for which Ofsted in responsible. All HMIs inspecting schools have teaching experience.[13][14]
Most school inspections were carried out by Additional Inspectors (AI) employed by external companies known as Regional Inspection Service Providers (RISPs). As of July 2009[update] there were 1,948 AIs, of whom 1,567 inspect schools. Although Ofsted claims that most of these have teaching experience,[14][15] in 2012 it was forced to admit that it had done no quality control checks on these inspectors, and that many of them – including lead inspectors – were not qualified teachers and many had no experience of working with children.[16] A further scandal surrounded headteachers dismissed following poor OFSTED reports being hired as inspectors.[17] In 2015, 40% of additional inspectors who wanted to continue working for OFSTED were not re-hired after a contractual change.[18] Although OFSTED insisted that this was part of a quality control process and 'should not be seen as an admission that its inspections were substandard',[18] serving headteacher and Times Educational Supplement columnist Geoff Barton commented 'dispensing with almost 40 per cent of inspectors on the grounds of quality is hardly an endorsement of standards.'[19]
An HMI accompanies an AI on 6–7% of inspections,[14] including 75% of those of secondary schools.[8] Reports produced by RISPs must be checked and signed off by HMI, sometimes with amendments, before publication. New Additional Inspectors must be monitored and signed off by HMI before working independently.[20]
The number of RISPs contracted to conduct school inspections was reduced in 2009 from five to three:[15][21]
CfBT Education Trust, covering the North of England
Serco Education and Children's Services, covering the English Midlands
Tribal Group, covering the South of England
School inspections[edit]
The Office carries out regular inspections of each school in England, resulting in a published evaluation of the effectiveness of the school. An adverse report may include a recommendation for further intervention in the running of the school.
System of inspection before 2005[edit]
Before 2005, each school was inspected for a week every six years, with two months' notice to prepare for an inspection. This regime was criticised by teachers and school heads as greatly disruptive of the operation of the school, and by others as enabling schools to present an unrealistic picture of themselves that did not truly reflect the quality of teaching and learning in the school.[22][23]
System of inspection 2005–12[edit]
In September 2005 a new system of short-notice inspections came into being. Under this system the senior leadership of each school were strongly encouraged to complete a Self Evaluation Form (SEF) on a continual basis, which required them to be aware of strengths and areas for development. Inspections were generally two- or three-day visits every three years, with two days' notice. They focussed on the "central nervous system" of the school – examining how well the school was managed, and what processes were in place to ensure standards of teaching and learning improve; the school leadership and management were expected to be aware of everything in the SEF. The SEF served as the main document when planning the inspection, and was crucial in evaluating the quality of leadership and management and the school's capacity to improve.[22][24]
Poster outside village school in Gilsland, referring to an Ofsted inspection report.
After an inspection of a school, Ofsted published a report on the school on its website. In addition to written comments on a number of areas, schools were assessed on each area and overall on a 4-point scale: 1 (Outstanding), 2 (Good), 3 (Satisfactory) and 4 (Inadequate). Schools rated Outstanding or Good might not be inspected again for five years, while schools judged less favourably were inspected more frequently, and might receive little or no notice of inspection visits.[24]
Figures published in March 2010 showed that revised inspection criteria, which were introduced in September 2009, resulted in a reduction from 19% to 9% in the number of schools judged to be Outstanding, and an increase from 4% to 10% in the number of schools judged to be Inadequate.[25]
Current system of inspection[edit]
A framework for section 5 inspections of academies and maintained schools was introduced from January 2012, and replaced with another new framework in September 2012. Public consultation was undertaken,[26] and Ofsted prepared for the new framework after piloting a series of inspections across the country. Among other changes, the new system relabelled the "Satisfactory" category as "Requires Improvement", with an expectation that schools should not remain at that level.[27]
Special measures[edit]
Main article: Special measures
Sometimes a school is placed into special measures if it is judged as 'inadequate' (Grade 4) in one or more areas and if the inspectors have decided it does not have the capacity to improve without additional help. Schools placed into special measures receive intensive support from local authorities, additional funding and resourcing, and frequent reappraisal from Ofsted until the school is no longer deemed to be failing. Furthermore, the senior managers and teaching staff can be dismissed and the governing body may be replaced by an appointed Interim Executive Board (IEB). Schools which are failing but where inspectors consider there is capacity to improve are given a Notice to Improve (NtI).[28][29]
Home educator inspections[edit]
Ofsted, as of April 2015, was issuing new guidance to inspectors which will include the following:
Home-educated children are not, by definition, all in need of protection and help.
Ofsted does not have a mandate to inspect the quality of home education.
The statutory duty on local authorities (LAs) to identify as far as possible those children not receiving a suitable education does not extend to home-educated children.
The details, and limits, of the guidance in relation to home education
Child care inspections[edit]
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Child protection[edit]
Ofsted also oversees Child Protection by English Local Authorities. In December 2008, Christine Gilbert revealed that Ofsted had been gullible: good ratings could be given, based purely on data submitted directly by local authority providers of care services, that could easily be concealing dangerously flawed practices. This was considered a factor, by The Daily Telegraph, in overlooking alleged inadequacies in Haringey Council's child care provision in the case of Baby P,[30] a child murdered by his parents and their lodger.[31] MPs criticised Ofsted for issuing a favourable report on Haringey Children's Services three months after the death, and for their policy of destroying all source materials on inspections of children's services after three months, which made it impossible to identify the mistakes made. According to Ofsted, three children died in England and Wales from abuse every week between April 2007 and August 2008. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children gives a figure of 1 to 2 per week.[32]
Criticisms[edit]
Ofsted has been criticised as 'not fit for purpose' by the House of Commons Education Select Committee.[33] The committee also highlighted their concern about "the complex set of objectives and sectors that Ofsted now spans and its capacity to fulfil its core mission". Other criticism has come from the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) which said "Ofsted is over-reliant on number crunching, using test data which are fundamentally unsound" and added that the organisation was "ripe for overhaul".[33]
Over a period of several years the Select Committee have questioned the Chief Inspector over its treatment of Summerhill School and what it has learnt from the 1999 Court Case and subsequent inspections.[34] In the Court Agreement between DfE and Summerhill School, Independent Schools Tribunal IST/59, inspections would include two advisors from the school and one from the DfE to ensure the fairness of the process. The school has campaigned that all schools should be similarly inspected, ensuring openness and accountability for the process.[35]
In August 2013, 18 of the 24 newly launched Free Schools were graded Good or Outstanding by Ofsted;[36] however, with over 100 state schools being downgraded from an Outstanding classification[37] this year, the consistency of Ofsted grading is once again brought into question, leading to numerous 'How to get a Good Ofsted' guides[38] being created.[39]
A 2014 report by the think tank Policy Exchange indicated that many Ofsted inspectors lack the knowledge required to make fair judgements of lessons and that judgements are so unreliable, "you would be better off flipping a coin".[40]
A 2014 poll of teachers, carried out by Teacher Support Network, revealed that over 90% of teachers felt Ofsted inspections had a neutral or negative impact on students' results.[41] In response to criticisms about the increased workload inspection frameworks caused, Ofsted pledged it would not change its inspection framework during the school year.[42] Wilshaw also dismissed speculation that Ofsted itself was responsible for teachers' heavy workload (in excess of 60 hours per week) describing it as 'a red herring'.[43] However, a 2015 poll by the NUT found that 53% of teachers were planning to leave teaching by 2017, with the extra workload from Ofsted's 'accountability agenda' a key factor in seeking a job with a better work/life balance.[42][44]
The Ofsted complaints procedure has also been heavily criticised for opacity and a strong bias in favour of the inspectors. Geoff Barton, after writing an article strongly critical of Ofsted's use of raw data rather than inspection reports to determine grades, noted that:
"the Ofsted complaints procedure too often seems constructed around a deep and dutiful need for self-protection. Thus an inspection system that demands transparency from schools refuses to release its own inspection notes, When challenged, it dares us to resort to a Freedom of Information request and then rejects those same requests because they don’t conform to a definition of “public interest”.[45]
In 2015 an inspector revealed that inspection judgements can be arbitrarily over-ruled by senior figures, commenting on a case where a school had been downgraded:
"We couldn’t understand this rationale at all. It turned out that Ofsted had made a brief visit to the school some time before the inspection and had come up with some sort of unreported provisional judgement. So all that evidence we had gathered meant nothing and essentially this team of experienced inspectors was not trusted to make a judgement.”[45]
Barton concluded his article, 'the accounts above reveal an inspection system that appears in too many cases to be doing great damage. My sense is that it’s time to stop quietly accepting that the way Ofsted is the way Ofsted should be.'[45] In response, Wilshaw attacked Barton for being "too quick to perpetuate a 'them against us' view of the schools inspectorate...we fall back on a 'clichéd defence-mechanism' of whingeing about inconsistency", and insisted that Ofsted was becoming "more rigorous and demanding."[19] However, Barton argued the letter lost some of its force and all of its credibility for being published on the day 40% of inspectors were sacked for not being up to the job.[19]
In popular culture[edit]
Hope and Glory, a BBC television drama featuring actor/comedian Lenny Henry, gave an insight into a fictional portrayal of teachers dealing with a school in Special Measures.[46] OFSTED! The Musical was launched in 2004 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[47] The piece enjoyed a total sell-out run at Venue 45 and won the Writers' Guild Award for Drama 2004 and the List Magazine Award.[48] The musical was later broadcast on Teachers TV as part of their launch night schedule.[49] Summerhill, a BBC TV drama, depicted the school being threatened with closure due to an inspection and winning a court case in 2000 against the DfE and its actions based on the inspection report.
Her Majesty's Chief Inspector[edit]
Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills (sometimes abbreviated to HMCI) is the head of Ofsted. Amanda Spielman was appointed Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills on 1 January 2017.
List of SCIs and HMCIs[edit]
The title of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools (HMCI) was created at the same time as The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) itself. Before Ofsted was set up in 1992, the person heading its forerunner, HM Inspectorate of Schools, was known as the Senior Chief Inspector (SCI) and was also a Deputy Secretary in the Department of Education and Science.
SCI Sheila Browne, 1974–83
SCI Eric Bolton, 1983–91
SCI Terry Melia, 1991–92
HMCI Stewart Sutherland later Baron Sutherland of Houndwood, 1992–94
Chris Woodhead later Sir Chris Woodhead, 1994–2000[50]
Mike Tomlinson later Sir Mike Tomlinson, 2000–02[51]
David Bell later Sir David Bell, 2002–06[52]
Maurice Smith, January–October 2006 (Acting)[52]
Christine Gilbert, 2006–2011[53]
Miriam Rosen, July–December 2011 (Acting)[54]
Sir Michael Wilshaw, January 2012–December 2016[54]
Amanda Spielman, January 2017–present[54]
See also[edit]
Education in England
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A Separate Peace
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For the 1972 film, see A Separate Peace (film).
A Separate Peace
First edition
Author
John Knowles
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Naturalism
Publisher
Secker & Warburg
Publication date
1959
Media type
Print (hardback and paperback)
Pages
236
ISBN
978-0-7432-5397-0
A Separate Peace is a coming-of-age novel by John Knowles. Based on his earlier short story, "Phineas," it was Knowles' first published novel and became his best-known work. Set against the backdrop of World War II, A Separate Peace explores morality, patriotism and loss of innocence through its narrator, Gene.
Contents
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1 Plot summary
2 Characters
3 Assertions of homoerotic overtones
4 Adaptations
5 Awards and honors
6 References
7 External links
Plot summary[edit]
Gene Forrester, the protagonist, returns to his old prep school, Devon (a thinly veiled portrayal of Knowles' alma mater, Phillips Exeter Academy), fifteen years after he graduated to visit two places he regards as "fearful sites": a flight of marble stairs and a tree by the river that he caused his friend, Phineas, to fall out of. First, he examines the stairs and notices that they are made of very hard marble. He then goes to the tree, which brings back memories of Gene's time as a student at Devon. From this point, the novel follows Gene's description of the time span from the summer of 1942 to the summer of 1943. In 1942, he was 16 and living at Devon with his best friend and roommate, Phineas (nicknamed Finny). At the time, World War II is taking place and has a prominent effect on the story.
Gene and Finny, despite being opposites in personality, are close friends at Devon: Gene's quiet, introverted, intellectual personality is a character foil for Finny's extraverted, carefree, athletic demeanor. During his time at Devon, Gene goes through a period of intense kinship with Finny. One of Finny's ideas during Gene's "gypsy summer" of 1942 is to create a "Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session", with Gene and himself as charter members. Finny creates a rite of initiation by having members jump into the Devon River from a large, high tree.
Gene and Finny's friendship goes through a period of fun, one-sided rivalry during which Gene strives to out-do Finny academically, since he believes Finny is trying to out-do him. This rivalry begins with Gene's jealousy towards Finny. This rivalry climaxes (and is ended) when, as Finny and Gene are about to jump off the tree, Gene jounces the branch they are standing on, causing Finny to fall and shatter his leg. Because of his "accident", Finny learns that he will never again be able to compete in sports, which are most dear to him. This leads to Gene starting to think like Finny to try to be a better person and to try to solve some of his envy towards him. The remainder of the story revolves around Gene's attempts to come to grips with who he is, why he shook the branch, and how he will go forward. Gene feels so guilty that he tells Finny that he caused Finny's fall. At first Finny does not believe him and afterward feels extremely hurt.
World War II soon occupies the schoolboys' time, with student Brinker Hadley rallying the boys to help the war effort and Gene's quiet friend Leper Lepellier joining the Ski Troops and becoming severely traumatized by what he sees.
During a meeting of the Golden Fleece Debating Society, Brinker sets up a show trial and, based upon his shaking of the branch, accuses Gene of trying to kill Finny. Faced with the evidence, Finny leaves shamefully before Gene's deed is confirmed. On his way out, Finny falls down a flight of stairs (the same ones Gene visits at the beginning of the novel) and again breaks the leg he had shattered before. Finny at first dismisses Gene's attempts to apologize, but he soon realizes that the "accident" was impulsive and not anger-based. The two forgive each other.
The next day, Finny dies during the operation to set the bone when bone marrow enters his bloodstream during the surgery.
Characters[edit]
Gene Forrester: A Separate Peace is told from Gene's point of view. Gene focuses on, and succeeds at, academics. He envies his roommate Finny's graceful, easy athleticism and social prowess. Gene is from "three states from Texas", and is therefore somewhat unaccustomed to Northeastern culture. Gene causes his best friend's fall in his suppressed envy, by making a small but deliberate quick move on a tree branch from which Phineas would not otherwise have fallen. He is the main character.
Phineas (Finny): Gene's best friend and roommate; an incorrigible, good natured, athletic, daredevil type. In Gene's opinion, he can never leave anything well enough alone, and could always get away with anything. He always sees the best in others, seeks internal fulfillment free of accolades, and shapes the world around himself to fit his desires. He is a prodigious athlete, succeeding in every sport until his leg is shattered in his fall from the tree.
Brinker Hadley: Brinker is a classmate and friend of Gene and Finny's. He ceaselessly strives for order during the Winter Session at Devon. The main antagonist, Brinker wants to get to the bottom of Finny's accident, but it is unclear if he intended for the investigation to be a practical joke. He organizes the "midnight trial" to confront and accuse Gene of causing Finny's accident. During the questioning of Finny by Brinker, Finny changes the story to make Gene appear innocent of his actions in the tree. Finny cites Lepellier as an unreachable witness. Brinker ultimately reconciles with Gene, who appears to forgive him both for his part in Finny's injury and for the trial.
Elwin 'Leper' Lepellier: Leper is Finny and Gene's friend, and a key member of the Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session. He is the first student in his class to enlist in the military. Late in the novel, Leper goes insane from the stress of his enlistment in the army. He is a witness at Gene's "trial," testifying that Gene was responsible for Finny's fall.
Assertions of homoerotic overtones[edit]
Various parties have asserted that the novel implies homoeroticism between Gene and Finny, including those who endorse a queer reading of the novel, and those who condemn homosexuality as immoral. For example, the book was challenged in the Vernon-Verona-Sherill, NY School District (1980) as a "filthy, trashy sex novel"[1] despite having no substantial female characters (and describing no sexual activity).
Though frequently taught in U.S. high schools, curricula related to A Separate Peace typically ignore a possible homoerotic reading in favor of engaging with the book as a historical novel or coming-of-age story.[2] Knowles denied any such intentions, stating in a 1987 newspaper interview:
"Freud said any strong relationship between two men contains a homoerotic element...If so in this case, both characters are totally unaware of it. It would have changed everything, it wouldn’t have been the same story. In that time and place, my characters would have behaved totally differently." [3]
Adaptations[edit]
In 1972, the novel was adapted into a film of the same name, starring Parker Stevenson as Gene and John Heyl as Finny, with a screenplay by Fred Segal and John Knowles.[4]
Awards and honors[edit]
1960 New York Times bestseller (Fiction)
1961 William Faulkner Foundation Award, inaugural winner
1961 National Book Award finalist (Fiction)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "American Library Association - Banned and/or Challenged Books from the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century". Retrieved 2014-11-17.
Jump up ^ Tribunella, Eric L. (2002). "Refusing the Queer Potential: John Knowles's A Separate Peace". Children's Literature.
Jump up ^ "SunSentinel - Knowles Now Thirty Years After He Wrote A Separate Peace, John Knowles Is Coming To South Florida To Teach Creative Writing -- Even Though He Says, "Everybody Knows You Can't Teach Anyone To Write."". 1987-03-15. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
Jump up ^ Canby, Vincent (September 28, 1972). "Movie Review - A Separate Peace". The New York Times.
External links[edit]
Quotations related to A Separate Peace at Wikiquote
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Separate_Peace&oldid=795106927"
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Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back
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"Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back"
Single by Meat Loaf
from the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell
Released
1994 (1994)
Genre
Hard rock
Length
7:59
Label
Virgin
Songwriter(s)
Jim Steinman
Producer(s)
Jim Steinman
Meat Loaf singles chronology
"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"
(1993) "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back"
(1994) "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"
(1994)
"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"
(1993) "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back"
(1994) "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"
(1994)
"Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back" is a radio single by Meat Loaf released in 1994. It is from the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell.
Track listing[edit]
"Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back" (7:59)
"Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)" (6:50)
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Chart
Position
US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 17
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Blind Before I Stop (1986)
Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Welcome to the Neighbourhood (1995)
Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003)
Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006)
Hang Cool Teddy Bear (2010)
Hell in a Handbasket (2011)
Braver Than We Are (2016)
Live albums
Live at Wembley (1987)
Live Around the World (1996)
VH1: Storytellers (1999)
Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2004)
3 Bats Live (2008)
Compilations
Hits Out of Hell (1984)
Heaven & Hell (1989)
Heaven Can Wait – The Best Ballads of Meat Loaf Vol. 1 (1996)
The Very Best of Meat Loaf (1998)
Videography
Live
Hits Out of Hell
Bad Attitude – Live!
Bat Out of Hell II: Picture Show
VH1: Storytellers
To Hell and Back
Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
3 Bats Live
Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise
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The Seize the Night Tour (2006–07)
The Casa de Carne Tour (2008)
The Hang Cool Tour (2010–11)
Guilty Pleasure Tour (2011)
Mad, Mad World Tour (2012)
Last at Bat Tour (2013)
Singles
"What You See Is What You Get"
"It Takes All Kinds of People"
"You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth"
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light"
"Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"
"Bat Out of Hell"
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"I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)"
"Not a Dry Eye in the House"
"Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)"
"A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste"
"No Matter What"
"Is Nothing Sacred"
"Did I Say That?"
"Couldn't Have Said It Better"
"Man of Steel"
"It's All Coming Back to Me Now"
"Cry Over Me"
"Los Angeloser"
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