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Monday 2nd September 2024
School Days: Twenty Poems from the Classroom
You never forget your school days… Is this because we were young, our minds marvellously open to the new and undiscovered? Or is it the repeating patterns of the school day and year?
Whatever the reasons, there’ll always be moments we remember: the science experiment that went wrong, a teacher saying we’re a star or the sticky-palmed hours in the hall doing exams. And, of course, there’s the universal experience of daydreaming out of the classroom window.
This lively and enriching selection is edited by Jeanette Burton and Jonathan Edwards – both poets and teachers. Perhaps that’s why they capture so perfectly the light and shade of our days at school, and celebrate the teachers who help shepherd us through childhood and out into the world.