Worksheet Solutions: Where Do All Teachers Go? | English Class 6 (Honeysuckle) PDF Download

Q.1. What are the views that the poet has about his/her teachers?

The views of the poet about his teachers are that they are not ordinary people. They are very special to him. His teachers are perfect and possess many qualities. An ordinary teacher can never possess these qualities.

Q.2. Where do people normally go after work?

Normally, people go to their house and relax after the day’s work.

Q.3. Why does the child want to know if the teacher ‘ever made mistakes’?

When the teacher teaches in class, he/she knows everything, in fact, he/she corrects the children if they commit mistakes. The child, therefore, imagines if the all-knowing teacher has ever made any mistakes.

Q.4. What image does the child probably have of the teacher?

Probably, the child imagines his teacher to be perfect in every way, one who is smartly dressed all the time, one who knows everything, one who has all good manners, in short, one who never committed any mistake at all.

Q.5. What is the child curious to know?

The child is curious to know all about his teacher, what he/she does after school.

Q.1. What is the theme of the poem?

The theme depicts the curiosity of a child to know about his/her teachers’ private life. He wants to know the working of his/her teachers after school. For a small child, a teacher is not a simple person like others but very special and ideal.

Q.2. What is the method of living of an ordinary person in a house?

The method of an ordinary person living in a house is that he has to wash his socks, wear pajamas and live with his mother and father in a house. They clean their nose with their little finger and watch TV.

Q.1. How can you say that the poet does not consider his teachers to be an ordinary men? Give reasons in support of your answer.

The theme of the poem shows that the poet does not think that his teachers are like ordinary people. He wonders whether his teachers also live in their houses like him and wash their socks. He wonders if they wear pajamas like ordinary people. The poet is doubtful about them watching TV and cleaning their nose with little finger-like other people who do these ordinary activities. The poet wants to know if his teachers live with their parents. He wonders if his teachers were punished for making mistakes. He is of the opinion that his teachers have never lost their books like him. He thinks that his teachers are perfect human beings, who have committed no mistakes in their lives.