Curio Critique # 20: Humour in Education
| Sl. No. | Curio Book Title | Year of Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | The Punch - January - June 1913 | 1913 |
Curio Book
Curio Reference
But to go to school in a summer morn,
Oh, it drives all joy away!
Under a cruel eye outworn,
The little ones spend the day—
In sighing and dismay.
-Lines from ‘The Schoolboy’ by the British Poet, Painter and Printmaker, William Blake (1757-1827)
Though Mark Twain (1835 -1910) was publishing across the continent his works were read by the public in Britain too.
He is attributed with the humourous quote:
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education”.
The following humourous illustrations appeared in the 1912 edition of The Punch published in England:
Related References
The famous American Cultural Anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901-1978) made a humourous observation about schooling:
My grandmother wanted me to have an education. That's why she kept me out of school.
Curio Quest
What current issues in education are being perceived humorously by the general public?.