8. Complete the summary

Listen to the audio and complete the summary:

 

 

 

The poem "Where Do All the Teachers Go?", by Peter Dixon is narrated from a  point of view. The child in the poem has a list of  about his . He begins by asking relatable questions like where his teachers go after . He wonders if the teachers have a house where they have to perform daily works like .

 

 

Since he always sees his teachers as a  in class, he wonders if they wear  and relaxes while watching TV. He talks about trivial things that children always do despite adults telling them not to, like . He wants to know if the teachers also had parents and others they had to obey. He ponders if the teachers had a childhood where they had faced issues like the inability to spell words, or being punished for pinching .

 

 

The child further ponders that like normal children his age, if there was a time when the teachers had hated vegetables, had a bad memory, or lost their  during prayers, had memories of scribbling on , or worn the same dirty jean unwashed. He finally declares that all his questions would be answered, as he plans to follow his teacher and spy on lifestyle, make a  out of the answers so that people having similar questions could get them answered.