Poem - Where Do All Teachers Go? NCERT Solutions | English Class 6 (Honeysuckle) PDF Download

Working with Poem

1. Answer these questions.

(i) Why does the poet want to know where the teachers go at four o’clock?
 Ans: The poet wanted to know where the teachers go at four o’clock because this is the time when school is over.

(ii) What are the things normal people do that the poet talks about?
 Ans: The things normal people do that the poet talked about are living in houses, washing socks, wearing pyjamas, watching TV, picking their noses, living with their parents, not spelling right, being bad, making mistakes, getting punished, losing books, scribbling on desktops, wearing old dirty jeans.

(iii) What does he imagine about

(a) where teachers live?
Ans. He imagines that the teachers live in houses.

(b) what do they do at home?
Ans. They washed their socks, wore pyjamas, picked their noses, and watched TV.

(c) the people with whom they live?
Ans. They lived with other people and they also had mothers and fathers.

(d) their activities when they were children in school?
Ans. They were similar to what children do today. They were also bad, made mistakes, never spelt right, and were punished in the corner for pinching the chocolate flakes. They may have lost their hymn books, scribbled on the desktops, or worn old dirty jeans.

(iv) Why does the poet wonder if teachers also do things that other people do?
Ans: The poet wondered if teachers also do things that other people do because he had seen them as superhumans. They are strict, do not make any mistakes, and punish those who do.

(v) How does the poet plan to find out? What will he do once he finds out?
Ans: The poet plans to follow one of the teachers on the way back home that day to find out what they did. Once he succeeds in doing so, he will compose it into a poem, which those teachers will read to their students.

2. What do you think these phrases from the poem mean?
(i) punished in the corner
Ans:  It is a form of punishment which involves standing in the corner of the classroom.

(ii) leave their greens
Ans:  It means leaving the playground after the bell strikes for the next class to begin.