![]() The teacher, who has degrees from Oxford and Harvard in maths, said: 'Her songwriting is telling her own stories and that they are gloriously the stories of a young woman negotiating the 21st century, is a great example for our young people.' He said at the time: 'It always gets a laugh when the headteacher knows anything about pop culture, and it's great fun quoting a pop lyric completely straight under the guise of philosophy and watching the nudges move round the room, "hang on", "did he just say?", "I think I recognise this".' Her country song Mean is a 'spirited' call to stand up to bullies, Welcome to New York is a wonderful lesson on 'shaping your own future' and Shake It Off teaches listeners to 'do your own thing'. He discussed the words of wisdom found in her lyrics in his book, A School Built On Ethos, revealing that he believes her songs teach his pupils valuable life lessons. ![]() In 2021, Mr Handscombe, who was introduced to Swift's music through his teenage daughters, told students he believed Swift deserved to take her place in the canon of great philosophers - alongside Shakespeare, Yeats, Donne and Samuel Beckett. ![]() Lyrics such as 'Men get to be fearless leaders and alpha types' from Swift's 2019 hit The Man, and 'If it’s the latter – please stop – I just, I mean, this is exhausting, you know' from chart-topper We Are Never Getting Back Together are featured. Mr Handscombe shoehorned five references to Taylor Swift into his latest assembly - in 2021, he told students she was one of the world's great philosophers
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