The school children

                                                        The children school by Louise Glucks
The poet talks about the conflict a mother faces as she sends her kids off to school, the apples were given to the teacher as a reward to watch over her children in the absence of the mother. The mother was unable to be attend school, with the children so therefore the mother was uncomfortable when the children were not around ,the mother felt help-less when the children were in school.
When the children grew up they pull away from the mother to make their own decisions and choices, this poem makes you feel of time when you were young and free and you feel secure with your monitoring every move you make . It makes me think that life is good and you do not need to worry.