William+Blake

====William Blake was a poet, he was known as 'insperational' to many. He wrote things such as "The Tiger", "A Poison Tree" and "The Schoolboy" which refered to his time at school. He did not enjoy school, he simply just thought it was a waste of time, the things he learned were either far too easy or far too complicated, causing him to get "mixed signals" in subjects. He also quoted that the teachers were very favouritive over the 'smart' kids. He claimed that school taught lots of pointless subjects, or as he quoted "a waste of brain space that could be used for many other things, of which are actually important!". He said he wasnt exactly 'popular' at school either; which didn't make his time at school any more enoyable.==== []- a very informative site on William Blake.

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==== William Blake was born on 28 November 1757 and died on 12 August 1827. He was a poet who contributed to English writing with imaginative ideas. He was considered a madman and he had claimed to have seen mystical visions though out his life. In the poem by, ‘The Schoolboy’, it suggests that he didn’t like school at all. [Graham] ====

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====William Blake was born on 28th November 1757 in London, England and died on 12th August 1827, aged 69. As well as being a poet, William Blake was also an exceptional painter, he was described as “far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced” by an art critic. William thought of school as boring and dull and that there is better things to do with your time than going to school and learning about useless topics. From his poem "The Schoolboy" he said, "How can a bird that is born for joy, sit in a cage and sing", emplying that you shouldn’t be kept in a classroom all day. Blake went to school at Henry Pars' Drawing School and was miserable there, however he only attended the school for four years because his father could not afford for him to go any longer.==== [|Information about William Blake] - This site tells us about William Blake, his background and his family. [|Information about "The Schoolboy"] - This site gives a lot of information about William Blake's poem "The Schoolboy" and why he wrote it. [Ella]

====William Blake was a english poet, painter, printmaker and he was very good at all three of them. He said that school takes all joy away from the children at school, he also said that the teachers would have favouritism to the smarter kids. He wrote a famous poem called 'The School Boy', It said aabout what he thinks of school and why, he says its a waste of time.[Reece]==== William Blake