What Are Your Impressions Of Mrs Tilscher And Her Classroom

What are your impressions of Mrs Tilscher and her classroom?

Mrs Tilscher seems like a very kind, caring teacher and her classroom brings warmth to the children. The classroom is described as “better than home”. Home, to many, is a warm and safe place, and for a classroom to be even better than home, we can tell that the students enjoyed attending Mrs Tilscher’s classes. “The classroom glowed like a sweetshop.” Sweetshops are many children’s favourite place because children enjoy sweets, and the word “sweetshop” gives readers the impression that her classroom is bubbly and lively, filled with joy. The poet states that “Mrs Tilscher loved you.” The pronoun “you” lets the readers feel like they truly are involved in Mrs Tilscher’s class or just like they are the students. “Some mornings, you found / she’d left a gold star by your name”. When a teacher puts a golden star sticker beside your name, it may mean that the work was well done, and as students, seeing a star beside your name was a very happy thing, which shows that Mrs Tilscher was an encouraging teacher.
“Brady and Hindley / faded, like the faint, uneasy smudge of a mistake.” Brady and Hindley were child murderers, and were supposed to be a possible danger to the children, however, they were so insignificant that they were like a pencil smudge. The enjambment also suggests the anti-climax of the danger. Her classroom is enjoyable to the children. “The laugh of a bell swung by a running child” The personification used here also shows how much the children enjoy Mrs Tilscher’s class. It was as if the bell did not ring but laughed, and the children looked forward to the end of break for her class to