Perhaps this will help:
http://resource2.rockyview.ab.ca/ela301/keys/students_key.pdf
The irony in the last stanza is apparent: the teacher wants to impart knowledge, but the students are only worried about the grade: the heck with learning anything.
What does the poem "Students" by Tom Wayman mean? I don't understand what the opening lines/sentence means- someone explain? I also don't see the irony of the last stanza either. How is it ironic? I know that it basically shows Wayman and his attempt for teaching students the importance of knowledge and process, but the studentsonly care about the final mark and results.
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