Education
by Anthony Thwaite (Collected Poems, Enitharmon)
It used to be learning things over and over again
In a drone round the room repeating the things that were said:
The names of the countries, the names of the famous dead,
The multiplication tables, the figures for sun and rain
Read rest of poem, plus an intro by Hughes, at The Times.
Undisciplined freedom: The old way of children learning by rote is contrasted with the freewheeling approach of today. 9/17/07
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