Instead of teachers teaching you to make things,
The bad school teachers teach you how to break things:
That’s from “Nasty School” one of two poems by the one and only Shel Silverstein featured in today’s New York Times Book Review, part of their special Back to School section. There are a bunch of worthwhile reviews including (shameless self-promotion) one on a new Marissa Moss series by me.
educating alice 