mummy, mummy who invented school?

raj-arumugam Poems

*mummy, mummy, who invented school?* oh, sweetheart, what a clever girl you are; why don't you tell me first who you think invented school? *I think, mummy, school must have been invented it must be by people like old grumpy Uncle Grim next door; and the grouchy Aunty Scowl who lives behind our house* oh no, darling, oh no, not at all: O darling, wise men and women of the past they invented school *oh, mummy, they couldn't have been wise not if you went to school and see what happens in class; surely those men and women of the past couldn't have been wise if they created places where little kids are tested every three days; and little John thinks he's stupid and little Sue says she'd rather stay at home and sleep; and Tua and Helen are always tense and nervous and Chandra snores while the teacher talks* oh no - oh, no darling, oh no, it's not like that at all: O darling, they were wise and all-knowing those sage men and women of the past who invented school so little children like you and your friends can go and learn all you need to know *but why mummy, why a school? is it because daddy and you and grandma and grandpa you know nothing and you can't teach me what I need to know?* oh, no darling, oh no not at all; O darling, you must listen to mummy - wise men and women of the past most certainly they invented school