elementary school class room -stephen

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An Elementary school classroom in a slum

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Central Idea of the PoemConcentrates on Social injustice and class inequalities Describes the pathetic plight of school children in a slum schoolExpresses the poets outrage at the audacity of the more privilegedclassPoints out the moral irresponsibility and callousness of authorities of Education PLIGHT OF THE SCHOOL CHILDREN Deprived, impoverished The world they see outside the window is a narrow, sealed gloomy sky of their slum. Caught in a web of poverty;condemned toa dismal life for ever Children in the slum Emaciated Unkempt Thin, hungry Weak, bony Weighed down by legacy of poverty Distractedand exhausted Live in perpetual hae of gloom, hopelessness The portrait of Shakespeare on the wall, is just a picture on the wall.Presencemeaningless and out of the context of the childrens existence.Shakespeare is a symbol of Learning, rt, LiteratureThe slum children should be gi!en meaningful educationThey need to be unshackled from their bonds of po!erty and led from their bleak world into the wonderful world of letters. Inspectors, Visitors, Governors must realize their moral responsibilities,Must tear down the barriers that stand in the way of the slum childrenThey need to be released from the narrow confines of their foggy existenceMust be given appropriate opportunities to explore the world, find their place in the sun and be counted as real."ow to Sol!e# Their Class roomSour yellow walls$rimy room%onations of &aps, Picture of ShakespeareMaps:- Rivers, Valleys, Mountains show a different worldCreates stirring, yearnings in their hearts, leaves them disheartened, dissatisfiedThe pictures of domes are meaningless and irrelevant to their existence