While a lot of you are annoyed about the Advanced syllabus, at least they have added some very different texts that allow for deeper analysis such as Question 7 in Common Mod and The Prince and Julius Caesar as a pairing in Mod A. The extension changes are far more concerning in my opinion as while they have tried to ensure the electives are less focused on -isms a lot of depth has been lost. Finally, while understandably the addition of texts composed by Indigenous Australian authors has sparked conversation, I think there are some truly brilliant texts here that shouldn’t be discounted simply because you view them as a means of enacting the government / NESA’s agenda. Dropbear for example is fantastic despite questions I have about the Hybrid Worlds module as a whole. All in all while it is good that there is debate and concern about the changes, it is definitely not all bad, and the introduction of contemporary acclaimed texts will shift the style of students’ analysis, but in no way will it lessen the sophistication of the ideas they discuss and express.