... poem come to life it makes the class sound more chaotic. The poem is expressed from the teacher's point of view. She is struggling to present a positive picture of her classroom to the headmaster, who is about to walk through the door. "Si-down, Headmaster comin' through de door!" At the end of the poem the speech reverts from patois to Standard English: "Two ones are two, two twos are four." This shows that the headmaster has come into the classroom and the lessons are meant to be taught in Standard English even though both the teacher and students normally talk in patios. This is one of the more challenging poems as it is written in Jamaican Patios. However it isn't too hard to get into and if it was written in Standard English I don't think it would be anywhere near as good as it is. Poem 2-"The best of School The best of school ...

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