Where Do All The Teachers Go
Summary
The poem Where Do All The Teachers Go is written by Peter Dixon. The poem narrates the imaginations of a child about his teacher. The poem has been written from the point of view of a child. It is different for a small child to think of his/her teacher as an ordinary person. The child wonders where all the teachers go after 4:00 P.M daily. He also wonders if they live in houses, wash their socks, feel relaxed to watch TV and wear pyjamas. The child wants to know if the teachers have parents and do they ever commit mistakes like a student does. He has decided to follow one of the teachers back home today and point out what they do. He wants to write a poem about it for the students to read.
Questions and Answers
Q. Why does the poet want to know where the teachers go at four o’clock?
Ans. Usually the schools get over at four o’clock. For the poets, the teachers are not ordinary but special people. So, he wants to know where they go at four O’clock.
ii) What are the things normal people do that the poet talks about?
Ans. According to the poet, normal people live in houses, wash their socks, wear pyjamas, watch TV, make mistakes, lose books and wear old dirty clothes, etc.
iii) What does he imagine about?
a) Where do teachers live?
And. The poet imagines whether his teachers live in a house with other family members.
b) What they do at home?
