Many percussive sounds from Michael's performance are used as percussion in YTPMVs: The ka-boom! sounds of kids dying, the first time Michael slams the desk lid down, and the FWOP! sound when he is strung up from the wallbars. This is a wonderful and easy reading book combining poetry with mad anecdotes and comical illustrations. The content includes poems such as ‘Unfair’, ‘Strict’, ‘I think’, ‘Cool School’ etc. These titles should capture a child’s curiosity as it is a poetry book written from a child’s perspective. The poems are an introduction to the fun side of rhyme and would be a good introduction to creative poetry and writing. There is a rhythmic feel but the poems do not conform to a strict formula. All have funny anecdotes regarding topics from sport, strict teachers, and escaped class pets to gymnastic traumas. The whiny kid, "Miss, can I go and do some breathing?" "No, you've got all playtime to do it in!" More which in "Oh, go on Miss, oh go on!" "NO!" The other kids hold their breath. (holds breath, pretends to lift up desk lid, puts head underneath, pants a bit, takes head out, and slams desk shut) Boom! "Out! School prison!" FWOP! "Miss, I've been up here for..."

Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2022-03-21 08:08:01 Associated-names Paul, Korky, ill Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40404518 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier It is a book that not only young learners would enjoy but also some poems would be amusing for adults. It is an opportunity to view school life from a child’s perspective and have a laugh at ourselves as adults. Michael pretending to quietly close the desk is very often seen in Poops to indicate some sort of physical action. Most iconically, it is used as CaptainPlums' introduction to his videos. We had a teacher who was so strict, you weren't allowed to breathe in her lessons. She used to stand out the front going, "No breathing!" And you had the whole morning to get through. [Takes deep breath and holds it, then exhales.] Most of the poems don't rhyme, but they do have a really good rhythm, especially when read aloud. None of the poems have particularly difficult language and because of this, I think that they make a good model for children to try and emulate. I don't mean to detract from Michael Rosen's incredible skill here, but to make the point that even to a fairly under-confident writer, they don't seem too intimidating. I think they would work really well with Years 2 & 3 and be suitable for reading aloud in class, as well as for guided reading or as a jumping off point for children writing their own poems.The second poem is written as a present tense monologue from the teacher who is trying in vain to take the register amid countless interruptions. It is brilliantly witty and entirely reminiscent of Joyce Grenfell's wonderful school teacher sketch. It uses the same device of the teacher replying to the comments of the other characters without the reader (or listener) being privy to them. It is all inferred by the monologue of the teacher. This is an example of a poem that really has to be read aloud (and in character), unless like me, you can conjure Joyce Grenfell's voice in your head! (For those readers who you don't know who Joyce Grenfell is, she was a comedian in the 40's and 50's and starred in the original St Trinian's films.) Me. (holds breath, pretends to lift up desk lid, puts head underneath, pants a bit, takes head out, and slams desk shut) And, that was the way to... (thrice) Michael saying "Keel over and die" is used very often in YouTube Poops as many involve characters directly threatening each other's lives. It is arguably the most iconic words taken from this video for Poopers.

According to a live stream, Michael said that this was a made-up story. It was inspired by an actual strict teacher that he had who never had a rule not to breathe. Michael holding his breath for the first time is used sometimes in YouTube Poops because of how ridiculous he looks, however it is often difficult to fit into the video and generally requires some sort of relation to a storyline. The ka-boom! sounds are used often in YTPs to indicate some sort of physical impact (e.g. hitting something, a bomb exploding) YouTube Poopers like to use Michael's "survival" moment in their videos because Michael pokes a finger at the side of his head and makes a funny face.

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An all-time classic. You'd be hard-pressed to find someone who couldn't relate to these poems about school life as they document familiar scenes like failing to take the register, horribly strict teachers, being made to enter a handwriting competition and diving off the top board. They expose lots of the daft rules schools sometimes have and the idiosyncrasies of power-crazed or incompetent teachers from a pupil's-eye view.

The 2008 version of this video is the second most popular video on the channel, with over 8.3 million views as of March 2020. Michael saying "No!" is used often in YTPs, the other somewhat more popular alternative being the "No!" from London Airport in which Michael comes across as more defiant and less commanding.

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Ahh! That was a mistake; slamming the desk lid down! If you made a noise with the desk lid, it was... "Out! School Prison!" There was a school prison underneath the school hall where they used to string you up from the wall bars. [Holds hands up, as if hanging to the wall by some chains] FWOP! "Miss, I've been up here for 3 weeks! And there's rats... and they're nibblin' my toenails!" So I figured it out, what you had to do was put your thumb 'round the edge of the desk lid, so when it went down, it didn't make any noise at all. The whiny kid, "Miss, can I go and do some breathing?" "No, you've got all playtime to do it in!" "Oh, go on Miss, oh go on!" "NO!" As on, with the desk lids. Are you ready? Here we go, hold the breath. (holds breath, pretends to lift up desk lid, puts head underneath, pants a bit, takes head out, and slams desk shut) Boom! Don't slam the desk lid down if you slammed you desk lid down and, "Out! School prison!" there was a school prison underneath the school hall where they used to string us up from the wall bars. Y'know sometimes in old schools you know that's what it was for like this one. (holds hands up, as if hanging to the wall by some chains) FWOP! "Miss, I've been up here for 3 weeks, and there's rats! And they're nibbling my toenails, Miss!" So I figured out if you want to "survive", (twice) the way to do it was to let the desk lid down, really really slowly once more, from the beginnning we've got it all together, now we know how it goes. She says: Michael being strung up from the wall bars has been used to indicate him being captured, surprised or scared.