Attitudes
Let us begin with a humorous Jack Prelutsky poem about homework angst.
Homework! Oh, Homework!
Homework, oh homework!
I hate you! You stink!
I wish I could wash you
Away in the sink!
If only a bomb would explode you to bits!
Homework! Oh, homework!
You’re giving me fits.
I’d rather take baths
With a man-eating shark
or wrestle a lion, alone in the dark,
eat spinach and liver,
pet ten porcupines,
than tackle the homework
my teacher assigns.
Homework! Oh, homework!
You’re last on my list
I simply can’t see why you even exist.
If you just disappeared
it would tickle me pink.
Homework! Oh, homework!
I hate you! You stink!
By Jack Prelutsky (1984), poet