Zócalo Public SquareGoing to School in Finland in 1972 – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Going to School in Finland in 1972 https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2015/11/14/66917/chronicles/poetry/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2015/11/14/66917/chronicles/poetry/#respond Sat, 14 Nov 2015 08:01:35 +0000 By Johanna Evenson https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=66917 When the child turned seven
the mother said:
“Child, go to school”
and the child did.
And at one in the afternoon
the mother said to the child:
“Child, welcome home from school”
and the child sat down
at the kitchen table to eat a piece of fruit.
And out of the front pocket of the book-bag
the child took a pencil
and the child, on page three,
made a circle that encompassed
the word yellow and a picture of two bananas.
Then the mother said to the child:
“Child, go out and play”
and the child covered itself in pieces of clothing
and went out into the many layers of snow.

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]]> When the child turned seven
the mother said:
“Child, go to school”
and the child did.
And at one in the afternoon
the mother said to the child:
“Child, welcome home from school”
and the child sat down
at the kitchen table to eat a piece of fruit.
And out of the front pocket of the book-bag
the child took a pencil
and the child, on page three,
made a circle that encompassed
the word yellow and a picture of two bananas.
Then the mother said to the child:
“Child, go out and play”
and the child covered itself in pieces of clothing
and went out into the many layers of snow.

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