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As an example, the schoolchildren's rhyme commonly noting the end of a school year, "no more pencils, no more books, no more teacher's dirty looks," seems to be found in literature no earlier than the 1930s—though the first reference to it in that decade, in a 1932 magazine article, deems it, "the old glad song that we hear every spring."
Elizabeth Jennings Graham (March 1827 – June 5, 1901) was an African-American teacher and civil rights figure. In 1854, Graham insisted on her right to ride on an available New York City streetcar at a time when all such companies were private and most operated segregated cars. Her case was decided in her favor in 1855, and it led to the ...
A French poem, similar to "Thirty days hath September", numbering the days of the month, was recorded in the 13th century. [7] From the later Middle Ages, there are records of short children's rhyming songs, often as marginalia. [8] From the mid-16th century, they began to be recorded in English plays. [2] "
The 1967 first edition of the book includes a mother in place of the teacher. The 1970 edition includes a Grey Mouse between the Blue Horse and the Green Frog, and a Pink Elephant between the Purple Cat and the White Dog. The 1984 UK edition substitutes a monkey for the teacher. [9]
Originally written to introduce young children to the concept of reading a book from beginning to end, The Monster at the End of This Book is the bestselling Sesame Street book title of all time. [citation needed] Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children ...
John Gambril (Francis) Nicholson (1866–1931) was an English school teacher, poet, and amateur photographer. He was one of the Uranians, a clandestine group of British men who wrote poetry idealizing the beauty and love of adolescent boys. As a school master at various boarding schools in England and Wales, Nicholson formed "passionate ...
The various forms of the poem are usually considered a doggerel nursery rhyme. [14] In the c. 1601 academic drama Return from Parnassus, Sir Raderic's overenthusiastic appreciation of its poetry [21] is of a piece with his own low level of culture and education. [22] It has, however, also earned praise.