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John Canfield

“[children in Shanghai] have a can-do attitude to maths, which contrasts with the long-term anti-maths culture that exists here” - Elizabeth Truss, Education Minister, 18th Feb 2014

It is subtle at first,
graffiti appears on the walls,
bus shelters and pavements;
a symbol that most cannot place.

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