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1. CLASS 6
UNIT 5- PROSE- A DIFFERENT KIND OF SCHOOL
SHORT ANSWERS
Q1. How was Miss Beam’s school was different?
Answer:
The real aim of Miss Beam’s school was to make them thoughtful. They were
trained to be kind to others and become responsible citizens. The school aimed at
teaching ‘thoughtfulness’.
Q2. What did the author see in the playground?
Answer:
The author saw that not all children were healthy and active-looking. Some were
blind or lame and crippled
Q3. What did Miss Beam inform the author about the children in the
playground?
Answer:
Miss Beam informed to the author that no child was lame, blind or crippled. They
were, in fact, being made to understand misfortune. Every child had one blind day,
one lame day and one dumb day. They were helped by other children.
Q4. How has the girl with bandaged eyes impressed him?
Answer:
The author was impressed when she told him about the head girl just by asking the
details of her hair, height etc. He was taken aback when she told him about the
gardener. She told him about the activities of the gardener without seeing.
Q5. What was the purpose of these special days?
Answer:
The purpose of special days was to teach thoughtfulness kindness to others, and
being responsible citizens. To make the children appreciate and understand
misfortune, they were made to share in misfortune too.

2. LONG ANSWER
Q1. How successful was Miss Beam in inculcating values in her students?
Miss Beam was known for her efforts in inculcating the values in her students. She
focused on academics as well. Her students were taught spelling, reading, adding
subtracting, multiplying and writing. They were also educated to be socially
responsible citizen. They were given chances to help and coordinate well with each
other. The author was impressed with their bond and sharing of responsibilities. He
also liked the altitude, zeal and enthusiasm with which Miss Beam was educating
her students. At the end, we can say that she had successfully inculcated empathy,
companionship among her school students.
Q2. Which incident made the visitor to the school ten times more thoughtful
than ever?
The narrator had heard a lot about the unique method of teaching in Beam’s
school. At first he saw a blind girl being led out. Then he saw a lame boy. He
thought that the students were not at all healthy and active. But soon he came to
know that they were just acting to be blind, lame, crippled etc. Meanwhile, he was
asked to lead a blind girl around. The blind girl asked him many questions. And he
had to apply his brain to describe people and things. He realised that he had
become ten times more thoughtful than ever.
UNIT 5 – POEM – WHERE DO ALL THE TEACHERS GO
EXTRACTS
Q1. “Where do all the teachers go
When it’s four o’clock?
Do they live in houses
And do they wash their socks?
Do they wear Pyjamas
And do they watch TV?”
i) About whom does the poet want to know?
(ii) Why did he mention ‘pyjamas’?
(iii) What does he want to know about the teacher?
(iv) What is the idea behind the question of the child?

3. (V) What is the name of the poet?
ANSWERS
i)The poet wants to know about the teachers.
(ii) Teachers are always dressed nice and wearing pyjamas is a common man’s
habit. So he asks if teachers live ordinary life too.
(iii) He wants to know about the activities of the teacher.
(iv) He wants to know about the activities of the teacher.
(V) Peter Dixon is the name of the poet.
Q2. “And do they pick their noses
The same as you and me?
Do they live with other people
Have they mums and dads?
And were they ever children
And were they ever bad?”
QUESTIONS
i)What is the name of poem?
(ii) Who are ‘they’ referred to is the extract?
(iii) What was difficult to believe for teachers?
(iv) Why did the poet mention ‘pick their noses’?
(v) Give antonym of pick
ANSWERS
(i) Where do all the teachers go?
(ii) ‘They’ is referred to the teachers.
(iii) The poet fails to imagine teachers as ‘ill mannered’ as he himself is.
(iv) ‘Picking of the nose’ is done by ill-mannered children. The poet finds it
hard to believe for teacher.
(v) Reject
Q3. “Did they ever, never spell right
Did they ever make mistakes?
Were they punished in the comer
If they pinched the chocolate flakes?

4. Did they ever lose their hymn books
Did they ever leave their greens?
Did they scribble on the desk tops
Did they wear old dirty jeans?”
QUESTIONS
i) Whom does the poet refer to in the above line?
(ii) What are the things for which a child is punished?
(iii) What are the general habits of children?
(iv) Why was the poet concerned about dirty clothes?
(v) What is the meaning of ‘scribble’?
ANSWERS
i) The poet refers to teacher.
(ii) Children are often punished for incorrect spellings, pinching chocolate flakes,
for leaving vegetables.
(iii) The children often leave vegetables in plates and scribble on desks.
(iv) The poet always sees their teachers nicely dressed so it was unacceptable to
him to think of worn and dirty clothes.
(v) Write.
LONG ANSWER
Q1. Write the summary of the poem, “Where Do All the Teachers Go?”
This poem speaks about a child’s love and curiosity for his/her teacher. Teachers
are just next to superbeings for children.They can’t imagine that teachers are also
ordinary human beings. It is difficult for a small child to accept that a teacher is
also any common man or woman living around him. The child wonders and
questions if teachers also behave like other people, If they also do all the work or
things, other people do? Like do they live in houses, do they wear pyjamas
(clothes), wash socks or watch T.V? Do they also have parents and children to live
with? All these questions bother a child’s mind and out of curiosity, one day the
child decides to follow his teachers to keep a check and to write a poem about
them so that the teachers read that poem to their students.It shows the cuteness,
purity, curiosity and dilemma a young mind has for his teachers. It also shows their
expectations from teachers.