http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslArticles/Forum8.htmResource of articles submitted by our teachers.enCSMOD (Build: 3260.39585)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimonsFirstSchoolDay/ghkqh/post.htm#538686Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:11:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:538686Mister Micawber0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimonsFirstSchoolDay/ghkqh/post.htm#538686http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-538686.xml.<br />Very good!&nbsp; I&#39;ve never heard that one.<br /><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimonsFirstSchoolDay/ghgkj/post.htmSun, 06 Jul 2008 15:52:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:537430Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimonsFirstSchoolDay/ghgkj/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-537430.xml<p><span><font>Two days after Simon’s fifth birthday, he went to school for the first time. The school was a long way from his home, so his mother took him to school in the morning, and left him at the school gate.</font></span></p> <p><span><font>At half past three she went back to the school to pick up Simon. She waited outside with many other mothers. Soon he came out and ran up to her.</font></span></p> <p><span><font>“Did you enjoy your first day at school?” she asked him.</font></span></p> <p><span><font>He shook his head.</font></span></p> <p><span><font>“No,” he said, “and I’m never going back there again.”</font></span></p> <p><span><font>His mother was very surprised.</font></span></p> <p><span><font>“What’s the matter?” she asked him, “Has someone been unkind to you?”</font></span></p> <p><span><font>“No,” he replied.</font></span></p> <p><span><font>“Did you miss me?” his mother asked him. “Is that why you don’t want to go to school again?”</font></span></p> <p><span><font>“No,” he replied.</font></span></p> <p><span><font>“Then tell me the reason,” his mother said.</font></span></p> <p><font><span><span>“All right. I can’t read. I can’t write. I can’t spell. I can’t do math and the teacher won’t let me talk. What’s the point</span></span><span><span> of going to school when I can’t do anything there?”</span></span></font></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>