June 11, 2020

WHERE DO ALL THE TEACHERS GO? BY PETER DIXON


WHERE DO ALL THE TEACHERS GO? BY PETER DIXON 

For a little child a teacher is special. It is difficult for a small child to think of his/her teacher as an ordinary person. 

Where do all the teachers go 

When it’s four o’clock? 

Do they live in houses 

And do they wash their socks? 



Do they wear pyjamas 

And do they watch TV? 

And do they pick their noses 

The same as you and me? 



Do they live with other people 

Have they mums and dads? 

And were they ever children 

And were they ever bad? 



Did they ever, never spell right 

Did they ever make mistakes? 

Were they punished in the corner 

If they pinched the chocolate flakes? 



Did they ever lose their hymn books 

Did they ever leave their greens? 

Did they scribble on the desk tops 

Did they wear old dirty jeans? 



I’ll follow one back home today 

I’ll find out what they do 

Then I’ll put it in a poem 

That they can read to you.