Bad School Day

About the Poem

Bad School Day is a poem about one of those nightmare classroom moments when you're not really paying attention and say something totally and embarrassingly inappropriate.

Style

Rhyming poem

Length

6 lines

Key Stage

KS1, KS2

Author

Paul Curtis

When I was at school
When I was just a lad
What was embarrassing
And made me very sad
Was the day I called
The history teacher Dad