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Poem about teaching/teachers

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  • 26-04-2017 9:26pm
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    davidm25
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭


    Hello all

    I'm looking for a short poem (or extract from a longer work) about teaching, or teachers, or learning (and so on, you get the idea) to be used as part of a reflection. Ideally it would be an Irish poet but not essential. Would anyone have any suggestions please?

    Thank you,
    D


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    Permabear
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    Harry Angstrom
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    This one sums up my schooldays...

    My teacher wasn't half as nice as yours seems to be.
    His name was Mister Unsworth and he taught us history.
    And when you didn't know a date he'd get you by the ear
    And start to twist while you sat there quite paralysed with fear.
    He'd twist and twist and twist your ear and twist it more and more.
    Until at last the ear came off and landed on the floor.
    Our class was full of one-eared boys. I'm certain there were eight.
    Who'd had them twisted off because they didn't know a date.
    So let us now praise teachers who today are all so fine
    And yours in particular is totally divine.


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    davidm25
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭davidm25


    Thank you very much, Permabear


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