PICTURE DESCRIPTION

In this picture , we can see two characters , a child and his mother . The scene takes place in the living room . In the foreground , there are the two characters : the child is wearing a t-shirt , baskets and jeans together with a cap . He’ s got a bag and some book in his hands. Secondly , we can say that he is talking to his mother because he’s got his mouth open and he is looking at her . About the mother , she is wearing a pull over with a jeans and baskets and she’s got big earring . Her eyes wide-eyed suggest that she is shocked by what she is hearing . In the background , we can see a room which could be a dining room or something like that .
To me , the cartoonist is not mocking the character in the picture but in the caption : “ What a school day ! The computer broke down and we had to listen!” . He wants to denounce new technologies at school which could harm at work : here , the computer . In his opinion , this is not good for children because they forget the concept of work. From the point of view of the children, it is quite normal not to listen at the teacher , he seems even surprised to have to listen at the teacher . Instead , the mother seems stunned , probably because of the change from when she was at school . That’s why we can say that t vv vgthis picture and this caption also show the generation shift between fathers and