\n1.\u00a0\u00a0 spring
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 summer
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 winter<\/td>\n | (c) childhood
\n(a) youth
\n(b) old age<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/h3>\nThe School Boy Additional Question and Answer<\/h3>\nThe School Boy Class 11 KSEEB Solution Question 8.<\/strong>
\nOne of the things that the boy likes to do in the poem \u2018The School Boy\u2019 is ………………
\nAnswer:
\nthe company of the skylark.<\/p>\nThe School Boy Notes Class 11 KSEEB Solution Question 9.<\/strong>
\nThe boy has nice company in the poem with .
\n(a) the skylark
\n(b) other boys
\n(c) the huntsmen
\n(d) the books
\nAnswer:
\n(a) the skylark<\/p>\nQuestion 10.
\nThe boy goes to school on a
\nAnswer:
\nsummer morning.<\/p>\n Answer the following questions in a paragraph each:<\/span><\/p>\nQuestion 1.
\nWhat does the school boy love to do on a summer morn? What drives his joy away?
\nAnswer:
\nThe boy would love to rise early in a summer morning. He would love to hear the birds sing sitting on every tree. He would love to hear to the sound of horns of hunters at far away places. He would love to sing with the skylarks accompanying him in his singing. All those sweet companys were welcome to him and make those mornings a pleasure to enjoy.<\/p>\n Question 2.
\nDescribe the boy\u2019s experience in the school.
\nAnswer:
\nThe boy was not happy in the school because it took away his joy and made him to sit under restrictions. He cried and was scared in the school, he did not get any happiness from the books. He felt the school like a prison, he never learnt anything there and never got any knowledge.<\/p>\n Question 3.
\nAccording to the poet how does formal education curb a learner\u2019s potential?
\nAnswer:
\nFormal education is the obstacle for free learning to the children. Children prefer nature – learning than formal schooling. The restrictions of formal schooling make children to detest their learning. Hence the poet questions when the buds are nipped and \u2018blossoms blown away\u2019, and \u2018tender plants are stripped\u2019, how can a child get happiness in learning.<\/p>\n III. Answer the following questions:<\/span><\/p>\nQuestion 1.
\nFormal schooling not only takes away the joy of childhood but also hinders the child\u2019s growth forever. Explain.
\n(or)<\/p>\n Question 2.
\nDo you think the poet is arguing against education? Discuss.
\nAnswer:
\nThe poet William Blake relevantly argues on the education of the. children. He says that the boy is very happy being with the nature and he learns freely in the nature as he loves to rise happily in the summer morning. But when he thinks of school, his happiness disappears and he feels the school as a prison.<\/p>\n The boy does not think freely in the school. The poet excellently says that the boy sits in the school in fear and anxiety and he questions how he can learn the subjects. When the child loses his happiness he doesn\u2019t show interest in learning and it becomes major obstacle’ for his mental and physical growth.<\/p>\n The poet emphasises on the nature. He says, the boy gets happiness in the singing of a bird and watching the huntsman. Nature is a sweet company to him. But when the boy enters formal schooling, he spends the time in irritation and anxiety. The poet stresses on free-learning arid informal schooling, that is learning in nature. That helps to widen his mental horizon and physical growth.<\/p>\n The poet is not arguing against education but discourages the formal schooling and encourages informal learning. He gives a valuable advice to the parents to give a lot of sweet memories of learning in the childhood, so that the child gets all round development and ensures the future of nation.<\/p>\n Totally, the poem is an excellent attempt to bring out the torture felt by the children at formal schooling. The poem gives the message to discourage formal schooling and encourage free learning for children.<\/p>\n |